@article{0b76f226bc7c4af48489d455032415b5,
title = "Terrestrial gastropods and experimental climate change: A field study in a calcareous grassland",
abstract = "The impact of field manipulations of local climate on terrestrial gastropod populations and how they may affect the dynamics of the plant community were studied in a calcareous grassland. The experimental site was located in a grassland at the Wytham estate, Oxfordshire, UK. Manipulations representing two climate change scenarios in a factorial combination were used, these were warmer winters with increased summer rainfall, and warmer winters with summer drought. The climate manipulations had a significant effect on the relative abundance of molluscs. However, no important changes in species composition were found. Distribution and densities of snails and slugs were affected because of changes in the physical environment and the vegetation in the grassland. The responses of different species to the climate manipulations were strongly influenced by their phenological traits and food preferences. Potential responses of mollusc populations to a changing climate are discussed.",
keywords = "Ectotherm, Herbivory, Invertebrates, Slugs, Snails",
author = "Marcelo Sternberg",
note = "Funding Information: This project was undertaken as an adjunct to the Terrestrial Initiative for Global Environmental Research (TIGER) IV 2C consortium (funded by the UK NERC TIGER programme). The author is grateful to Prof. V. K. Brown for inviting him to work on this interesting experimental study. The author would also like to thank J. Parry, B. Tagliacozzo Sternberg, Dr I. P. Clarke, Dr G. Masters and Dr S. Pontes Ribeiro for field work and technical assistance, and the Wytham Management Committee for permission to use the field site. Thanks are also extended to Dr P. Mordan from the Natural History Museum of London for the identification of the mollusc species and to Prof. J. Heller, Prof. S. Naeem and Dr A. Wilby for useful comments on an early version of the manuscript. The author was financially supported by a Clore Foundation–British Council Postdoctoral Scholarship.",
year = "2000",
doi = "10.1046/j.1440-1703.2000.00327.x",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "15",
pages = "73--81",
journal = "Ecological Research",
issn = "0912-3814",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
number = "1",
}