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A simple explanation for declining temperature sensitivity with warming

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E. M. Wolkovich *
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Jonathan Auerbach
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C. J. Chamberlain
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D. M. Buonaiuto
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Ailene K. Ettinger
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Ignacio Morales‐Castilla
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Andrew Gelman
DOI:10.1111/gcb.15746delete
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Recently, multiple studies have reported declining phenological sensitivities (Delta days per degrees C) with higher temperatures. Such observations have been used to suggest climate change is reshaping biological processes, with major implications for forecasts of future change. Here, we show that these results may simply be the outcome of using linear models to estimate nonlinear temperature responses, specifically for events that occur after a cumulative thermal threshold is met-a common model for many biological events. Corrections for the nonlinearity of temperature responses consistently remove the apparent decline. Our results show that rising temperatures combined with linear estimates based on calendar time produce the observations of declining sensitivity-without any shift in the underlying biology. Current methods may thus undermine efforts to identify when and how warming will reshape biological processes.
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