Not exact matches
Changes in the timing of biological events are of particular concern
because of a potential disconnect between migrants and their food resources if the
phenology of each advances at different rates (Inouye et al., 2000; Root et al., 2003; Visser et al., 2004).
Ice and
phenology aren't so useful for detection in that sense
because they are qualitative measures and it's hard to extract relative magnitudes or spatial patterns from them.
There are numerous studies of
phenology (study of the timing of periodic biological / ecological events) that demonstrate damage to specific species and ecosystems,
because of changes in the timing of migration, reproduction, and arrival of prey species.