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Various indications for shifts in plant and animal phenology due to climate change have been observed. First, this article presents a review of plant phenological changes observed in the last few years for Europe and North America. In the second part, the analysis of phenological seasons in Germany of more than 4 decades (1951–1996) is reported as an example for bio-monitoring by plant phenology. This study has the major advantages of a dense geographical coverage due to data of the phenological network of the German Weather Service and a good seasonal coverage due to 16 phenophases. The results of different methods of trend analysis, and then the spatial and annual variability of these trends are discussed.
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Menzel, A., Estrella, N. (2001). Plant Phenological Changes. In: Walther, GR., Burga, C.A., Edwards, P.J. (eds) “Fingerprints” of Climate Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8692-4_8
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