A review of the methods for studying biotic interactions in phenological analyses

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dc.contributor.authorde la Torre Cerro, Rubén
dc.contributor.authorHolloway, Paul
dc.contributor.funderEnvironmental Protection Agency, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-12T11:15:31Z
dc.date.available2021-01-12T11:15:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-30
dc.date.updated2021-01-12T11:02:33Z
dc.description.abstractPhenological events play a key role modulating ecosystem services; however, the complex and interlinked nature of ecosystems indicates that interactions among different taxa during phenological events can have consequences for the entire ecosystem. Currently, there is a lack of a unified criteria on the methodologies studying phenology and biotic interactions. We performed an extensive integrative review of works evaluating phenology and biotic interactions. We identified four broad categories of studies that have explored biotic interactions within phenology research: (a) spatial and temporal asynchronies, (b) biotic factors as covariates, (c) simulation studies and (d) interaction indices. We found that spring phenology has received much more attention than any other season, while mutualistic and obligated interactions, as well as trophic interactions and networks have been explored more routinely than facilitation or competition. Authors tend to interpret coexistence among species as biotic interactions without any direct measurement, particularly in spatial and temporal asynchrony studies, but this also occurs to a certain extent in all categories. We also found a lack of formal examination in most studies exploring phenological mismatches in response to climate change. We propose a conceptual framework for the inclusion of phenology in the study of biotic interactions that apportions research into the conceptualisation and modelling of biotic interactions. Conceptualisation explores phenological data, types of interactions and the spatiotemporal dimensions, which all determine the representation for biotic interactions within the modelling framework, and the type of models that are applicable. Finally, we identify emerging opportunities to investigate biotic interactions in phenology research, including spatially and temporally explicit species distribution models as proxies for phenological events and the combination of novel technologies (e.g. acoustic recorders, telemetry data) to quantify interactions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA Research Programme. Grant Number: 2018‐CCRP‐MS.54; EPA Grant Number: 5148)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationde la Torre Cerro, R. and Holloway, P. (2020) 'A review of the methods for studying biotic interactions in phenological analyses', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13519en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/2041-210X.13519en
dc.identifier.endpage50en
dc.identifier.issn2041-210X
dc.identifier.journaltitleMethods in Ecology and Evolutionen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10893
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.urihttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.13519
dc.rights© 2020 British Ecological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: de la Torre Cerro, R, Holloway, P. A review of the methods for studying biotic interactions in phenological analyses. Methods Ecol Evol. 2020; 00: 1– 18, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13519 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.en
dc.subjectBiotic factorsen
dc.subjectCoexistenceen
dc.subjectMismatchen
dc.subjectPhenologyen
dc.subjectSpecies interactionsen
dc.titleA review of the methods for studying biotic interactions in phenological analysesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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