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  • Title: Forecasting phenology: from species variability to community patterns.
    Author: Diez JM, Ibáñez I, Miller-Rushing AJ, Mazer SJ, Crimmins TM, Crimmins MA, Bertelsen CD, Inouye DW.
    Journal: Ecol Lett; 2012 Jun; 15(6):545-53. PubMed ID: 22433120.
    Abstract:
    Shifts in species' phenology in response to climate change have wide-ranging consequences for ecological systems. However, significant variability in species' responses, together with limited data, frustrates efforts to forecast the consequences of ongoing phenological changes. Herein, we use a case study of three North American plant communities to explore the implications of variability across levels of organisation (within and among species, and among communities) for forecasting responses to climate change. We show how despite significant variation among species in sensitivities to climate, comparable patterns emerge at the community level once regional climate drivers are accounted for. However, communities differ with respect to projected patterns of divergence and overlap among their species' phenological distributions in response to climate change. These analyses and a review of hypotheses suggest how explicit consideration of spatial scale and levels of biological organisation may help to understand and forecast phenological responses to climate change.
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