Match/mismatch

The match/mismatch hypothesis (MMH) was first described by David Cushing.[1][2] The MMH "seeks to explain recruitment variation in a population by means of the relation between its phenology—the timing of seasonal activities such as flowering or breeding—and that of species at the immediate lower level".[3] In essence, it is a measure of reproductive success due to how well the phenology of the prey overlaps with key periods of predator demand. In ecological studies, a few examples include timing and extent of overlap of avian reproduction with the annual phenology of their primary prey items,[4][5] the interactions between herring fish reproduction and copepod spawning,[2] the relationship between winter moth egg hatching and the timing of oak bud bursting,[6] and the relationship between herbivore reproductive phenology with pulses in nutrients in vegetation [7][8]

  1. ^ Cushing DH (November 1969). "The Regularity of the Spawning Season of Some Fishes". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 33 (1): 81–92. Bibcode:1969ICJMS..33...81C. doi:10.1093/icesjms/33.1.81.
  2. ^ a b Cushing DH (1990). "Plankton Production and Year-class Strength in Fish Populations: an Update of the Match/Mismatch Hypothesis". Advances in Marine Biology. 26. Elsevier: 249–293. doi:10.1016/s0065-2881(08)60202-3. ISBN 978-0-12-026126-0.
  3. ^ Durant J, Hjermann D, Ottersen G, Stenseth NC (2007-04-20). "Climate and the match or mismatch between predator requirements and resource availability". Climate Research. 33: 271–283. Bibcode:2007ClRes..33..271D. doi:10.3354/cr033271. hdl:10852/37396. ISSN 0936-577X.
  4. ^ Visser ME, Noordwijk AJ, Tinbergen JM, Lessells CM (1998-10-07). "Warmer springs lead to mistimed reproduction in great tits (Parus major)". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 265 (1408): 1867–1870. doi:10.1098/rspb.1998.0514. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 1689367.
  5. ^ Strode PK (August 2003). "Implications of climate change for North American wood warblers (Parulidae)". Global Change Biology. 9 (8): 1137–1144. Bibcode:2003GCBio...9.1137S. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00664.x. ISSN 1354-1013.
  6. ^ Visser ME, Holleman LJ (February 2001). "Warmer springs disrupt the synchrony of oak and winter moth phenology". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 268 (1464): 289–294. doi:10.1098/rspb.2000.1363. PMC 1088605. PMID 11217900.
  7. ^ Lashley MA, Chitwood MC, Dykes JL, DePerno CS, Moorman CE (2022). "Human-mediated trophic mismatch between fire, plants and herbivores". Ecography. 2022 (3): e06045. Bibcode:2022Ecogr2022E6045L. doi:10.1111/ecog.06045. ISSN 1600-0587. S2CID 246994356.
  8. ^ Michel ES, Strickland BK, Demarais S, Belant JL, Kautz TM, Duquette JF, et al. (2020). "Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect neonate survival in a nonprecocial ungulate". Functional Ecology. 34 (12): 2536–2547. Bibcode:2020FuEco..34.2536M. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13680. ISSN 1365-2435. S2CID 224999810.