AUTHOR=Nilsson Anna L. K. , Reitan Trond , Skaugen Thomas , L’Abée-Lund Jan Henning , Gamelon Marlène , Jerstad Kurt , Røstad Ole Wiggo , Slagsvold Tore , Stenseth Nils C. , Vøllestad L. Asbjørn , Walseng Bjørn TITLE=Location Is Everything, but Climate Gets a Share: Analyzing Small-Scale Environmental Influences on Breeding Success in the White-Throated Dipper JOURNAL=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution VOLUME=8 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.542846 DOI=10.3389/fevo.2020.542846 ISSN=2296-701X ABSTRACT=
Ecological and evolutionary effects of environmental variation on wild populations are of particular interest in a changing world. Large-scale environmental indices are classically used as environmental explanatory variables to study climate change effects on wild populations. However, these measures neglect the fact that individuals are affected by the local conditions in their home ranges. Freshwater ecosystems are particularly sensitive to climate change induced alterations in precipitation and discharge affecting lower trophic level prey and cascading up the food chain to impact keystone species. Here, we study how small-scale environmental variation at the level of each territory affects fitness-related traits and in particular reproductive success in the white-throated dipper