New ADK Research Paper: Climate Change, winter and spring temperatures
Our latest paper: “Effects of winter temperatures, spring degree-day accumulation, and insect population source on phenological synchrony between forest tent caterpillar and host trees” is now published. Great work Johnny Uelmen and team!
The research
This research, performed by Johnny and Ezra Schwartzberg near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northern Minnesota shows the effects of overwintering, spring temperature, and population source on forest tent caterpillar phenology.
What we found
When insects are artificially moved north, they adapt to their new surroundings (adjusting spring emergence based on winter temperatures, but they also retain something from their original location – their timing of egg hatch is also affected by where they came from.
This research has implications on forest tent caterpillar outbreak potential as well as for adaptation of species to climate change.
Read more
Read the paper by clicking on the link to the right, or via this link: https://adkres.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Uelman_2015.pdf