The drivers and consequences of community phenological cohesion

研究气候变化下群落物候凝聚力的驱动因素，探讨物候诱导的竞争变化对群落动态的影响。这将涉及使用来自世界各地研究的许多数据集来跟踪群落间物候变化的广泛模式。学生将利用毛毛虫群落沿着苏格兰的样带更详细地调查物候模式。将样带观测数据与对毛毛虫的实验相结合，确定物候变化对竞争相互作用和不同种类毛毛虫种群的影响。

investigating the factors driving phenological cohesion within communities in response to climate change, and explore effects of phenologically-induced competitive shifts on community dynamics. This will involve using many datasets from research studies worldwide to track broad patterns of phenological shifts among communities. Student will use caterpillar communities along a transect in Scotland to investigate phenological patters in more detail. Combine transect observational data with experiments involving pairs of caterpillars to determine the impacts of phenological shifts on competitive interactions, and on the demography of the different caterpillar species.