EurekAlert: Phenological mismatches, or a mistiming between creatures and the prey and plants they eat, is one of the biggest known impacts of climate change on ecological systems. But a Dartmouth-led study finds that one common migratory songbird has a natural flexibility in its breeding time that has helped stave off mismatches, at least for now.
The results suggest this flexibility provides a buffer against climate warming for the black-throated blue warbler in eastern North America and potentially for...