Spatial variation in onset dates and trends in phenology across Europe

Climate Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Schleip, Christoph ^a   Sparks, Tim H ^b,c   Estrella, Nicole ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Central Europe; Change point model; Climate change; Impact; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHANGE POINT MODEL; IMPACT; PHENOLOGY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORESTRY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FLOWERING; LINEARITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NONLINEARITY; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHENOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349438879     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00830     Document Type: Article

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