Predicting a change in the order of spring phenology in temperate forests

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2603-2611

  Roberts, Adrian M I ^a   Tansey, Christine ^b,c   Smithers, Richard J ^d   Phillimore, Albert B ^b  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chilling; Climate change; Forcing; Growing degree day; Phenology; Plasticity; Prediction; Shade; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLORA; PHENOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931007150     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12896     Document Type: Article

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