Vol. 7, Special Issue 6 (2019)
Effect of global warming on establishment rate of insect species
Author(s): Chand Asaf
Abstract: Global warming will lead to earlier beginnings and prolongation of growing seasons in temperate regions and will have pronounced effects on phenology and life-history adaptation in many species. These changes are not easy to simulate for actual phonologies because of the rudimentary temporal (season) and spatial (regional) resolution of climate model projections. Seasonal and regional climate change signals were downscaled to the hourly temporal scale of a pest phenology model and the spatial scale of pest habitats using a stochastic weather generator operating at daily scale in combination with a re-sampling approach for simulation of hourly weather data. The establishment rates of invasive alien species have been increasing worldwide during the past century. This trend has been widely attributed to increased rate of species introductions associated with increasing international trade but rarely linked to environmental changes such as global warming that can directly or indirectly influence establishment success of newly introduced alien species in their recipient regions. To better understand and manage the bio invasion process, it is crucial to understand the relationship between global warming and establishment rate of invasive alien species, especially for poikilothermic invaders such as insects.
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Chand Asaf. Effect of global warming on establishment rate of insect species. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2019; 7(6): 86-87.
