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California’s wildflowers losing diversity in face of warmer, drier winters
http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2015/06/22/californias-wildflowers-losing-diversity-in-face-of-warmer-drier-winters/[font face=Serif][font size=5]California’s wildflowers losing diversity in face of warmer, drier winters[/font]
June 22nd, 2015 @ 12:00 pm by Andy Fell
By Kat Kerlin
[font size=3]Native wildflowers in California are losing species diversity after multiple years of drier winters, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, which provides the first direct evidence of climate change impacts in the state’s grassland communities.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is based on 15 years of monitoring about 80 sampling plots at McLaughlin Reserve, part of UC Davis’ Natural Reserve System.
“Our study shows that 15 years of warmer and drier winters are creating a direct loss of native wildflowers in some of California’s grasslands,” said lead author Susan Harrison, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. “Such diversity losses may foreshadow larger-scale extinctions, especially in regions that are becoming increasingly dry.”
The researchers confirmed that drought-intolerant species suffered the worst declines.
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June 22nd, 2015 @ 12:00 pm by Andy Fell
By Kat Kerlin
[font size=3]Native wildflowers in California are losing species diversity after multiple years of drier winters, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, which provides the first direct evidence of climate change impacts in the state’s grassland communities.
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is based on 15 years of monitoring about 80 sampling plots at McLaughlin Reserve, part of UC Davis’ Natural Reserve System.
“Our study shows that 15 years of warmer and drier winters are creating a direct loss of native wildflowers in some of California’s grasslands,” said lead author Susan Harrison, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. “Such diversity losses may foreshadow larger-scale extinctions, especially in regions that are becoming increasingly dry.”
The researchers confirmed that drought-intolerant species suffered the worst declines.
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