Table 1:
Overview of the focal grasshopper species and observed shifts in their phenology and abundance between 1959–1960 and 2006–2008 (data from Nufio et al., 2010; Buckley et al., 2013b)
| Species | Dispersive | Thermal adaptation | Seasonal timing | Phenology (↓ earlier) |
Abundance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2195 m | 2591 m | 3048 m | 2195 m | 2591 m | 3048 m | ||||
| Melanoplus boulderensis | No | Cool | Early | ↓ | ↓ | ≈ | ↓ | ↓ | ≈ |
| Camnula pellucida | Yes | Warm | Middle | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ |
| Melanoplus sanguinipes | Yes | Generalist | Late | ↑ | ↑ | a | ↓ | ↓ | a |
aLow abundance during initial time period prevents comparison.