Inferring local processes from macro-scale phenological pattern: A comparison of two methods

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 774-783

  Phillimore, Albert B ^a,b   Proios, Konstantinos ^a   O'Mahony, Naiara ^a,c   Bernard, Rodolphe ^a   Lord, Alexa M ^a   Atkinson, Sian ^d   Smithers, Richard J ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day length; Growing degree days; Local adaptation; Macroecology; Phenology; Plant climate interactions; Plasticity; Time window

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MACROECOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84876678499     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12067     Document Type: Article

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