ArticleNature ecology & evolution2024
Plasticity and not adaptation is the primary source of temperature-mediated variation in flowering phenology in North America.
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- Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
- Phenological responses to temperature are similar across spatial and temporal gradients - lessons learned from European long-term data.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- Seasonal Drought Timing Shapes Flowering Phenology Directly and Through Biotic Interactions.Ecology letters · 2026Article
- Documenting biodiversity with digital data: comparing and contrasting the efficacy of specimen-based and observation-based approaches.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Specimen-tailored 'lived' climate reveals precipitation onset and amount best predict specimen phenology, but only weakly predict estimated reproduction across a clade.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Bridging data silos to holistically model plant macrophenology.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- The promise of digital herbarium specimens in large-scale phenology research.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Introgression despite minimal hybridization: mating system modulates phenotypic associations with introgression in Clarkia.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Seasonal timing in a changing world: the epigenetic link between environment and reproduction across taxa.Environmental epigenetics · 2026Article
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- Foundational kelp species reveal links between host traits, the environment and the associated microbial community.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2025Article
- Phenological Shifts Since 1830 in 29 Native Plant Species of California and Their Responses to Historical Climate Change.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The extent of introgression between incipientProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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Phenology varies widely over space and time because of its sensitivity to climate. However, whether phenological variation is primarily generated by rapid organismal responses (plasticity) or local adaptation remains unresolved. Here we used 1,038,027 herbarium specimens representing 1,605 species from the continental United States to measure flowering-time sensitivity to temperature over time (S
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