Climate change does double-whammy to animals in seasonal environments

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Caribou in West Greenland where they are struggling to locate nutritious food during calving season. Credit: Eric Post Penn State
Caribou in West Greenland, where they are struggling to locate nutritious food during calving season. Credit: Eric Post, Penn State

Plant-eating animals in highly seasonal environments, such as the Arctic, are struggling to locate nutritious food as a result of climate change, according to research that will be published in the 21 May 2008 online edition of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.


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