The ecological implications of intra- and inter-species variation in phenological sensitivity.

ABSTRACT: Plant-pollinator mutualisms rely upon the synchrony of interacting taxa. Climate change can disrupt this synchrony as phenological responses to climate vary within and across species. However, intra- and interspecific variation in phenological responses is seldom considered simultaneously, limiting our understanding of climate change impacts on interactions among taxa across their ranges. We investigated how variation in phenological sensitivity to climate can alter ecological interactions simultaneously within and among species using natural history collections and citizen science data. We focus on a unique system, comprising a wide-ranged spring ephemeral with varying color morphs (Claytonia virginica) and its specialist bee pollinator (Andrena erigeniae). We found strongly opposing tren

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9796043 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature