Effects of temperature, phase type and timing, location, and human density on plant phenological responses in Europe

Climate Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-248

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impacts; Phenology; Population density; Temperature response

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; DATA PLATFORM; DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS TREES; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EXTERNAL FACTORS; FRUIT TREES; GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN DENSITY; HUMAN POPULATION; IMPACTS; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; PERENNIAL PLANTS; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

CROPS; ORCHARDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES;

TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCATION THEORY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349467593     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00818     Document Type: Article

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