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Chambers, Lynda E.
[1]
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Altwegg, Res
[2, 3]
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Barbraud, Christophe
[4]
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Barnard, Phoebe
[2, 5]
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Beaumont, Linda J.
[6]
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Crawford, Robert J. M.
[7]
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Durant, Joel M.
[8]
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Hughes, Lesley
[6]
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Keatley, Marie R.
[9]
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Low, Matt
[10]
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Morellato, Patricia C.
[11]
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Poloczanska, Elvira S.
[12]
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Ruoppolo, Valeria
[13, 14]
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Vanstreels, Ralph E. T.
[14]
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Woehler, Eric J.
[15]
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Wolfaardt, Anton C.
Total Authors: 16
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| Affiliation: Show less - | [1] Ctr Australian Weather & Climate Res, Melbourne, Vic - Australia
[2] South African Natl Biodivers Inst, Kirstenbosch Res Ctr, Cape Town - South Africa
[3] Univ Cape Town, Anim Demog Unit, ZA-7700 Rondebosch - South Africa
[4] CNRS, CEBC, UPR 1934, Villiers En Bois - France
[5] Univ Cape Town, Percy Fitzpatrick Inst African Ornithol, DST NRF Ctr Excellence, ZA-7700 Rondebosch - South Africa
[6] Macquarie Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Sydney, NSW 2109 - Australia
[7] Dept Environm Affairs & Tourism, Cape Town - South Africa
[8] Univ Oslo, Ctr Ecol & Evolutionary Synth, Dept Biosci, Oslo - Norway
[9] Univ Melbourne, Dept Forest & Ecosyst Sci, Creswick, Vic - Australia
[10] Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Ecol, Uppsala - Sweden
[11] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Lab Fenol, Dept Bot, Inst Biociencias, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[12] CSIRO Marine & Atmospher Res, Climate Adaptat Flagship, Brisbane, Qld - Australia
[13] Int Fund Anim Welf, Yarmouth Port, MA - USA
[14] Univ Sao Paulo, Lab Wildlife Comparat Pathol, Fac Vet Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[15] Univ Tasmania, Inst Marine & Antarctic Studies, Sandy Bay, Tas - Australia
Total Affiliations: 15
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PLoS One; v. 8, n. 10 OCT 1 2013. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 95 |
| Abstract | |
Current evidence of phenological responses to recent climate change is substantially biased towards northern hemisphere temperate regions. Given regional differences in climate change, shifts in phenology will not be uniform across the globe, and conclusions drawn from temperate systems in the northern hemisphere might not be applicable to other regions on the planet. We conduct the largest meta-analysis to date of phenological drivers and trends among southern hemisphere species, assessing 1208 long-term datasets from 89 studies on 347 species. Data were mostly from Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), South America and the Antarctic/subantarctic, and focused primarily on plants and birds. This meta-analysis shows an advance in the timing of spring events (with a strong Australian data bias), although substantial differences in trends were apparent among taxonomic groups and regions. When only statistically significant trends were considered, 82% of terrestrial datasets and 42% of marine datasets demonstrated an advance in phenology. Temperature was most frequently identified as the primary driver of phenological changes; however, in many studies it was the only climate variable considered. When precipitation was examined, it often played a key role but, in contrast with temperature, the direction of phenological shifts in response to precipitation variation was difficult to predict a priori. We discuss how phenological information can inform the adaptive capacity of species, their resilience, and constraints on autonomous adaptation. We also highlight serious weaknesses in past and current data collection and analyses at large regional scales (with very few studies in the tropics or from Africa) and dramatic taxonomic biases. If accurate predictions regarding the general effects of climate change on the biology of organisms are to be made, data collection policies focussing on targeting data-deficient regions and taxa need to be financially and logistically supported. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/50713-5 - Phenology of Atlantic Rain Forest trees: climate, ecology and phylogeny |
| Grantee: | Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Meeting - Abroad |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/52113-5 - e-phenology: the application of new technologies to monitor plant phenology and track climate changes in the tropics |
| Grantee: | Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Program on Global Climate Change - Regular Grants |