On quantifying the apparent temperature sensitivity of plant phenology

What is it about?

Many ecological events are sensitive to temperature, leading to changes in the seasonal cycle of ecosystem function as the climate warms. To evaluate the current and future implications of temperature changes for plant phenological events, researchers commonly use a metric of temperature sensitivity, which quantifies the change in phenology per degree change in temperature. We show that this metric can give misleading results, and suggest alternative approaches.

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