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It has been widely reported that the urban environment alters leaf and flowering phenophases; however, it remains unclear if land pavement is correlated with these alterations. In this paper, two popular deciduous urban trees in northern China, ash (Fraxinus chinensis) and maple (Acer truncatum), were planted in pervious and impervious pavements at three spacings (0.5 m × 0.5 m, 1.0 m × 1.0 m, and 2.0 m × 2.0 m apart). The beginning and end dates of the processes of leaf budburst and senescence were recorded in spring and fall of 2015, respectively. The results show that leaf budburst and senescence were significantly advanced in pavement compared to non-pavement lands. The date of full leaf budburst was earlier by 0.7–9.3 days for ash and by 0.3–2.3 days for maple under pavements than non-pavements, respectively. As tree spacing increases, the advanced days of leaf budburst became longer. Our results clearly indicate that alteration of leaf phenophases is attributed to land pavement, which should be taken into consideration in urban planning and urban plant management.
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We would like to thank Dr. Christina P. Wong (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for her professional assistance on editing the English and her suggestions on the manuscript. We would also like to thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on the manuscript. This research was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (41571053, 71533005), China Special Fund for Forestry Research in Public Interest (201304301).
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Chen, Y., Wang, X., Jiang, B. et al. The leaf phenophase of deciduous species altered by land pavements. Int J Biometeorol 62, 949–959 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-1497-3
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