Evolutionary response of the egg hatching date of a herbivorous insect under climate change

Margriet van Asch, Lucia Salis, Leonard J. M. Holleman, Bart van Lith and Marcel E. Visser ()
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Margriet van Asch: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Lucia Salis: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Leonard J. M. Holleman: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Bart van Lith: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Marcel E. Visser: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 3, 244-248

Abstract: There is concern that species may not adapt fast enough to keep up with the changing climate. This study shows that in the past fifteen years, the hatching date of a moth species has genetically changed at a rate predicted by a model, sufficient to keep up with predicted rates of climatic change.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1717

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