adverb
- in a manner relating to phenology; with respect to the timing of seasonal biological events such as flowering, migration, or hibernation
Usage: technical/scientific; commonly used in ecology, botany, and climate science
Examples
- The plants responded phenologically to the warmer spring temperatures.
- Phenologically, the birds arrived earlier this year than in previous decades.
- Climate change is affecting species phenologically across multiple ecosystems.
- The two regions differed phenologically in their flowering patterns.
- Researchers tracked phenologically distinct populations of insects throughout the season.