Historical changes in the phenology of British Odonata are related to climate

By C. Hassall, David J. Thompson, G. C. French, I. Harvey. 2007

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Responses of biota to climate change take a number of forms including distributional shifts, behavioural changes and life history changes. This study examined an extensive set of biological records to investigate changes in the timing of life history transitions (specifically emergence) in British Odonata between 1960 and 2004. The results show that there has been a significant, consistent advance in phenology in the taxon as a whole over the period of warming that is mediated by life history traits. British odonates significantly advanced the leading edge (first quartile date) of the flight period by a mean of 1.51 ±0.060 (SEM, n=17) days per decade or 3.08±1.16 (SEM, n=17) days per degree rise in temperature when phylogeny is controlled for. This study represents the first review of changes in odonate phenology in relation to climate change. The results suggest that the damped temperature oscillations experienced by aquatic organisms compared with terrestrial organisms are sufficient to evoke phenological responses similar to those of purely terrestrial taxa.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Odonata as candidate macroecological barometers for global climate change (2015, background): “…in phenology are greater in butterflies with narrower larval diet breadth and more advanced overwintering stages (Diamond et al. 2011), Odonata that do not diapause in the egg stage (Hassall et al. 2007), perennial plants (Crimmins et al. 2009), and lower trophic levels (Thackeray et al. 2010).”
Changing temperature regimes have advanced the phenology of Odonata in the Netherlands (2008, methodology): “…observed carry-over effect of spring temperatures thus likely exists because increased spring temperatures result in advanced egg deposition dates ( Hassall et al. , 2007 ), hence allowing more time for the development of eggs (and larvae hatched from these eggs) before the onset of winter,…”
Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Aquatic Invasive Species (2008, background): “In freshwater systems climate change is associated with earlier breeding in amphibians (Beebee 1995), earlier emergence of dragonflies (Odonata) (Hassall et al. 2007), and compositional shifts of entire insect communities (Burgmer et al. 2007).”
Dragonfly community re‐organisation in boreal forest lakes: rapid species turnover driven by climate change? (2008, background): “Most studies on phenology deal with terrestrial taxa, but recently, Hassall et al. (2007) showed that the more damped temperature oscillations affecting aquatic organisms are sufficient to induce responses similar in size and magnitude to those of terrestrial organisms.”
Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (2012, background): “Long-term field patterns, such as advancing adult dragonfly flight periods with climate warming in Europe (Hassall et al., 2007), indicate that phenological shifts in subsidies are already occurring globally.”
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in urban ecosystems: A review (2016, background): “Temperature is a major driver of odonate phenology (Hassall et al., 2007), polymorph frequency (Gosden et al., 2011), and body size (Hassall, 2013; Hassall et al., 2014).”
Climatic changes and 13‐year trends in stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in New South Wales, Australia (2009, background): “…Mouthon & Daufresne, 2006; Burgmer et al., 2007; Durance & Ormerod, 2007), and apparent responses to long-term climatic trends are also being seen in the phenology and distribution of freshwater macroinvertebrate species (Hickling et al., 2005; Hassall et al., 2007; Dingemanse & Kalkman, 2008).”
Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species' Responses to Climate Change (2012, unknown): “Changing temperature regimes have advanced the phenology of Odonata in the Netherlands.”
Voltinism flexibility of a riverine dragonfly along thermal gradients (2008, background): “Several examples for ecological consequences of recent climate change have been described, viz changes in populations and reproductive biology, changes in phenology, changes in geographic range and community and ecosystem-level changes (cf. Kleukers et al., 1996; Harrington et al., 1999; Parmesan et”
Recent evidence for the climate change threat to Lepidoptera and other insects (2011, background): “2005, 2006) and phenological shifts (Gordo and Sanz 2005, 2006; Hassall et al. 2007) in other insect groups.”