Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity.

ABSTRACT: The success of plant species under climate change will be determined, in part, by their phenological responses to temperature. Despite the growing need to forecast such outcomes across entire species ranges, it remains unclear how phenological sensitivity to temperature might vary across individuals of the same species. In this study, we harnessed community science data to document intraspecific patterns in phenological temperature sensitivity across the multicontinental range of six herbaceous plant species. Using linear models, we correlated georeferenced temperature data with 23 220 plant phenological records from iNaturalist to generate spatially explicit estimates of phenological temperature sensitivity across the shared range of species. We additionally evaluated the geographi

SUBMITTER: Reeb RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11639196 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature