Climate change jeopardizes the persistence of freshwater zooplankton by reducing both habitat suitability and demographic resilience Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Background: Higher temperatures and increased environmental variability under climate change could jeopardize the persistence of species. Organisms that rely on short windows of rainfall to complete their life-cycles, like desert annual plants or temporary pool animals, may be particularly at risk. Although some could tolerate environmental changes by building-up banks of propagules (seeds or eggs) that buffer against catastrophes, climate ...