Phenological Predictability Index in BRAHMS: a tool for herbarium‐based phenological studies

Proença, Carolyn Elinore Barnes; Filer, Denis; Lenza, Eddie; Silva, Juliana Saragiotto

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07329.x

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“…In addition, one may infer geographic patterns and build phylogeographic models that can offer key insights on the future distribution of endangered and rare species. We can further use herbarium records to identify "phenospecies" (Proença et al, 2012), which can be investigated for shifts in reproductive schedules over time (Borchert, 1998;Primack, 2014;Rivera and Borchert, 2001).…”

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“…Remote sensing phenology is highlighted along with the few phenology global networks (Pereira et al, 2013). We also advocate developing other data platforms, especially citizen-science initiatives (Theobald et al, 2015), a denser network of local direct observations, and herbarium data (Lavoie and Lachance, 2006;Proença et al, 2012). Those data sources will provide invaluable information to validate remote sensing global patterns and improve biodiversity management and conservation.…”

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“…In this sense, the concept of "phenospecies" (i.e. sympatric species that share the same phenological triggers and strategies (Proença et al, 2012), may help reconstruct longer . Schematic diagrams exemplifying multiples hypothetical outcomes of human-induced shifts in plant phenology with implications for conservation.…”

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Phenology has achieved a prominent position in current scenarios of global change research given its role in monitoring and predicting the timing of recurrent life cycle events. However, the implications of phenology to environmental conservation and management remain poorly explored. Here, we present the first explicit appraisal of how phenology -a multidisciplinary science encompassing biometeorology, ecology, and evolutionary biology -can make a key contribution to contemporary conservation biology. We focus on shifts in plant phenology induced by global change, their impacts on species diversity and plantanimal interactions in the tropics, and how conservation efforts could be enhanced in relation to plant resource organization. We identify the effects of phenological changes and mismatches in the maintenance and conservation of mutualistic interactions, and examine how phenological research can contribute to evaluate, manage and mitigate the consequences of land-use change and other natural and anthropogenic disturbances, such as fire, exotic and invasive species. We also identify cutting-edge tools that can improve the spatial and temporal coverage of phenological monitoring, from satellites to drones and digital cameras. We highlight the role of historical information in recovering long-term phenological time series, and track climate-related shifts in tropical systems. Finally, we propose a set of measures to boost the contribution of phenology to conservation science. We advocate the inclusion of phenology into predictive models integrating evolutionary history to identify species groups that are either resilient or sensitive to future climatechange scenarios, and understand how phenological mismatches can affect community dynamics, ecosystem services, and conservation over time. We hereby submit the revised draft of our 'Perspectives' manuscript entitled "Linking plant phenology to conservation biology" to which we now incorporate the rather minor changes suggested by the reviewers. While responding to those very positive comments, we also indicate how we have incorporated the reviewers' remarks. UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTAWe thank you and the reviewers again for all the suggestions that have improved our The MS is well written, integrates interesting different aspects of plant phenology and provide a guide to include phenology in prospective long-term studies and management plans. Therefore the study is of general interest for a wide audience, particularly for Biological Conservation readers.Next, I suggest some changes to improve the current version of the MS 1. Authors comment the effect of climate and land use change on Section 4. For example, they argue that edge effect "increase of flowering and fruiting activity" (Line #389) or fragmentation affect reproductive success. Yet, these are functional responses of plant populations to different types of disturbances/changes, but they do not necessary entail changes in phenology. Please, review the MS and make sure that you only include ...

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“…Geographic variation in phenology related to, for example, flowering and fruiting can be gleaned from specimen labels or specimens themselves (Proença et al, 2012). Here we show how the flowering phenology of A. sieberiana varies across its range (Fig.…”

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Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology

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One of the major challenges in ecosystem conservation is obtaining baseline data, particularly for regions that have been poorly inventoried, such as regions of the African continent. Here we use a database of African herbarium records and examples from the literature to show that, although herbarium records have traditionally been collected to build botanical reference "libraries" for taxonomic and inventory purposes, they provide valuable and useful information regarding species, their distribution in time and space, their traits, phenological characteristics, associated species and their physical environment. These data have the potential to provide invaluable information to feed into evidence-based conservation decisions.

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“…Maidment et al 2017, IPCC 2013. Collaboration with modelers on research design and analytical tools will permit the inclusion of new explanatory parameters in phenology research, such as the 'phenospecies' concept (Proenc ßa et al 2012) or indicator species for the behavior of larger groups (Siddig et al 2016).…”

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We retrace the development of tropical phenology research, compare temperate phenology study to that in the tropics and highlight the advances currently being made in this flourishing discipline. The synthesis draws attention to how fundamentally different tropical phenology data can be to temperate data. Tropical plants lack a phase of winter dormancy and may grow and reproduce continually. Seasonal patterns in environmental parameters, such as rainfall, irradiance or temperature, do not necessarily coincide temporally, as they do in temperate climes. We review recent research on the drivers of phenophase cycles in individual trees, species and communities and highlight how significant innovations in biometric tools and approaches are being driven by the need to deal with circular data, the complexity of defining tropical seasons and the myriad growth and reproductive strategies used by tropical plants. We discuss how important the use of leaf phenology (or remotely‐sensed proxies of leaf phenophases) has become in tracking biome responses to climate change at the continental level and how important the phenophase of forests can be in determining local weather conditions. We also highlight how powerful analyses of plant responses are hampered at many tropical sites by a lack of contextual data on local environmental conditions. We conclude by arguing that there is a clear global benefit in increasing long term tropical phenology data collection and improving empirical collection of local climate measures, contemporary to the phenology data. Directing more resources to research in this sector will be widely beneficial.

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Phenological Predictability Index in BRAHMS: a tool for herbarium‐based phenological studies

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

Realising the potential of herbarium records for conservation biology

Current issues in tropical phenology: a synthesis

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