Abstract:Proposed in 1849 by Charles Morren to depict periodical phenomena governed by seasons, the term ″phenology″ has spread in many fields, from evolutionary to molecular biology. The adoption of the concept of phenology in such diverse fields has been associated with the creation of a wide diversity of metrics, and we believe, some confusion about what they measure. Here, as an example and to offer some perspective, we studied phenology of births in large herbivores and we identified 52 metrics that were previousl… Show more
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