As the sun peeks over the horizon at the Tutakoke River field camp in Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, chambers dot a field used to study how a warmer Arctic is
affecting migratory animals and the tundra plants they feed on.
Leaves and flowers are expected particularly early in the Pacific Northwest and mountainous western US, which could
affect migratory animals that depend on plants for food (Environmental Research Letters, DOI: 10.1088 / 1748-9326/10 / 10 / 104008).
Not exact matches
The equipment used is designed to monitor how climate change influences the
migratory patterns of
animals and plants where a sudden or gradual climatory change
affects the food chain, upsets ecological harmony and fractures the fragile balance of the eco-system.