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Interactions of climate change and species

At what times of year are phenological events across species sensitive to climatic variables, and how sensitive are they? Answers to these questions emerge from the analysis of a wealth of long-term data sets. See Article p.241

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Visser, M. Interactions of climate change and species. Nature 535, 236–237 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18905

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