Method matters:
pitfalls in analyzing phenology from occurrence records
Running title: Caution needed in GBIF phenological analyses
Elise A. Larsen1, Vaughn Shirey1
1 Georgetown University, Department of Biology;
Washington, DC
Email: Elise A. Larsen: eal109@georgetown.edu; Vaughn Shirey:
vms55@georgetown.edu
Keywords: phenology, presence-only, GBIF, bias, spatiotemporal
bias, Lepidoptera, butterfly, flight period, latitude
Type of article: technical comment
Number of words in abstract: 49
Number of words in main text: 800
Number of references: 13
Number of figures: 2 + 1 supplemental
Number of tables: 0 main text + 2 supplemental