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. 2013 Jul 22;3(9):3183–3193. doi: 10.1002/ece3.668

Table 1.

Results of a literature survey of studies that address the effects of climate change on the phenological overlap of interacting species

Approach Interaction

All –, − +, − +, +
Interpretation of long-term data 98 (59%) 10 76 12
Field observations 9 (5%) 0 8 1
Experimental manipulations 18 (11%) 4 9 5
Simulations and nonmechanistic models 11 (7%) 1 5 5
Mechanistic models 30 (18%) 4 24 2
Total 166 19 (11%) 122 (74%) 25 (15%)

The 82 studies we identified investigated 166 interactions. We categorized each interaction (denoted −, − for competitive; +, − for antagonistic resource–consumer; and +,+ for mutualistic interactions) according to the approach(es) used.