The shifting phenological landscape: Within‐ and between‐species variation in leaf emergence in a mixed‐deciduous woodland

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 1135 - 1147
• Main Authors: Cole, Ella F., Sheldon, Ben C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2017; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Acer pseudoplatanus; Beech; Betula pendula; Birds; budburst date; Corylus avellana; Covariance; Deciduous forests; Emergence; Fagus sylvatica; Fraxinus excelsior; Herbivores; individual variation; Insects; Interspecific; Landscape; Leaves; Matching; Original Research; Phenology; Quercus robur; small spatial scale; Soil temperature; spring timing; Synchronism; Temperate forests; Trees; Trophic levels; Variation; small spatial scale; individual variation; spring timing; budburst date; phenology

Many organisms rely on synchronizing the timing of their life‐history events with those of other trophic levels—known as phenological matching—for survival or successful reproduction. In temperate deciduous forests, the extent of matching with the budburst date of key tree species is of particular r...