Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3633-3643

  Pau, Stephanie ^a   Wolkovich, Elizabeth M ^b   Cook, Benjamin I ^c   Davies, T Jonathan ^d   Kraft, Nathan J B ^e   Bolmgren, Kjell ^f   Betancourt, Julio L ^g   Cleland, Elsa E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental filtering; Growing degree day models; Niche conservatism; Photoperiod; Temperature sensitivity; Temporal niche

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; NICHE; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; PREDICTION;

EID: 80054682938     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02515.x     Document Type: Review

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