Differences in spatial versus temporal reaction norms for spring and autumn phenological events
Authors: Delgado Maria del Mar , Roslin Tomas , Tikhonov Gleb , Meyke Evgeniy , Lo Coong , Gurarie Eliezer , Abadonova Marina , Abduraimov Ozodbek , Adrianova Olga , Akimova Tatiana , Akkiev Muzhigit , Ananin Aleksandr , Andreeva Elena , Andriychuk Natalia , Antipin Maxim , Arzamascev Konstantin , Babina Svetlana , Babushkin Miroslav , Bakin Oleg , Barabancova Anna , Basilskaja Inna , Belova Nina , Belyaeva Natalia , Bespalova Tatjana , Bisikalova Evgeniya , Bobretsov Anatoly , Bobrov Vladimir , Bobrovskyi Vadim , Bochkareva Elena , Bogdanov Gennady , Bolshakov Vladimir , Bondarchuk Svetlana , Bukharova Evgeniya , Butunina Alena , Buyvolov Yuri , Buyvolova Anna , Bykov Yuri , Chakhireva Elena , Chashchina Olga , Cherenkova Nadezhda , Chistjakov Sergej , Chuhontseva Svetlana , Davydov Evgeniy A. , Demchenko Viktor , Diadicheva Elena , Dobrolyubov Aleksandr , Dostoyevskaya Ludmila , Drovnina Svetlana , Drozdova Zoya , Dubanaev Akynaly , Dubrovsky Yuriy , Elsukov Sergey , Epova Lidia , Ermakova Olga S. , Ermakova Olga , Esengeldenova Aleksandra , Evstigneev Oleg , Fedchenko Irina , Fedotova Violetta , Filatova Tatiana , Gashev Sergey , Gavrilov Anatoliy , Gaydysh Irina , Golovcov Dmitrij , Goncharova Nadezhda , Gorbunova Elena , Gordeeva Tatyana , Grishchenko Vitaly , Gromyko Ludmila , Hohryakov Vladimir , Hritankov Alexander , Ignatenko Elena , Igosheva Svetlana , Ivanova Uliya , Ivanova Natalya , Kalinkin Yury , Kaygorodova Evgeniya , Kazansky Fedor , Kiseleva Darya , Knorre Anastasia , Kolpashikov Leonid , Korobov Evgenii , Korolyova Helen , Korotkikh Natalia , Kosenkov Gennadiy , Kossenko Sergey , Kotlugalyamova Elvira , Kozlovsky Evgeny , Kozsheechkin Vladimir , Kozurak Alla , Kozyr Irina , Krasnopevtseva Aleksandra , Kruglikov Sergey , Kuberskaya Olga , Kudryavtsev Aleksey , Kulebyakina Elena , Kulsha Yuliia , Kupriyanova Margarita , Kurbanbagamaev Murad , Kutenkov Anatoliy , Kutenkova Nadezhda , Kuyantseva Nadezhda , Kuznetsov Andrey , Larin Evgeniy , Lebedev Pavel , Litvinov Kirill , Luzhkova Natalia , Mahmudov Azizbek , Makovkina Lidiya , Mamontov Viktor , Mayorova Svetlana , Megalinskaja Irina , Meydus Artur , Minin Aleksandr , Mitrofanov Oleg , Motruk Mykhailo , Myslenkov Aleksandr , Nasonova Nina , Nemtseva Natalia , Nesterova Irina , Nezdoliy Tamara , Niroda Tatyana , Novikova Tatiana , Panicheva Darya , Pavlov Alexey , Pavlova Klara , Van Polina , Podolski Sergei , Polikarpova Natalja , Polyanskaya Tatiana , Pospelov Igor , Pospelova Elena , Prokhorov Ilya , Prokosheva Irina , Puchnina Lyudmila , Putrashyk Ivan , Raiskaya Julia , Rozhkov Yuri , Rozhkova Olga , Rudenko Marina , Rybnikova Irina , Rykova Svetlana , Sahnevich Miroslava , Samoylov Alexander , Sanko Valeri , Sapelnikova Inna , Sazonov Sergei , Selyunina Zoya , Shalaeva Ksenia , Shashkov Maksim , Shcherbakov Anatoliy , Shevchyk Vasyl , Shubin Sergej , Shujskaja Elena , Sibgatullin Rustam , Sikkila Natalia , Sitnikova Elena , Sivkov Andrei , Skok Nataliya , Skorokhodova Svetlana , Smirnova Elena , Sokolova Galina , Sopin Vladimir , Spasovski Yurii , Stepanov Sergei , Stratiy Vitalіy , Strekalovskaya Violetta , Sukhov Alexander , Suleymanova Guzalya , Sultangareeva Lilija , Teleganova Viktorija , Teplov Viktor , Teplova Valentina , Tertitsa Tatiana , Timoshkin Vladislav , Tirski Dmitry , Tolmachev Andrej , Tomilin Aleksey , Tselishcheva Ludmila , Turgunov Mirabdulla , Tyukh Yurij , Van Vladimir , Ershkova Elena , Vasin Aleksander , Vasina Aleksandra , Vekliuk Anatoliy , Vetchinnikova Lidia , Vinogradov Vladislav , Volodchenkov Nikolay , Voloshina Inna , Xoliqov Tura , Yablonovska-Grishchenko Eugenia , Yakovlev Vladimir , Yakovleva Marina , Yantser Oksana , Yarema Yurij , Zahvatov Andrey , Zakharov Valery , Zelenetskiy Nicolay , Zheltukhin Anatolii , Zubina Tatyana , Kurhinen Juri , Ovaskainen Otso 
Published: November 2020

Significance

To do the right thing at the right time, organisms need to glean cues from their environment. How they respond can then be described by reaction norms, i.e., by the relationship between the phenotype expressed (the phenology of an event) and the environment (the date when a given number of degree-days are achieved). We use information on 178 phenological events across the former Soviet Union. We found the timing of events to differ more between sites in spring and less in autumn. These patterns of local adaptation translate to a massive imprint on nature’s calendar: geographic variation in phenology is more pronounced in spring and less pronounced in autumn than if organisms were to respond equally everywhere.