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Few studies have demonstrated the possible role of changes in precipitation and associated soil moisture to driving fruit tree phenophases (Grab and Craparo 2011). These authors noted that rainfall and temperature operate synergistically to influence mean full bloom dates for apples and pears in the southwestern Cape. Ultimately, the long-term temperature shifts in apple and pear tree phenological stages in the southwestern Cape region, South Africa may be attributed to the combined impacts of progressive regional warming and reduced winter/early spring precipitation, and/or associated longer dry spells during this season, which also impacts on ground water availability to plants. Precipitation contributes to earlier or later phenology in several places (Sparks and Carey 1995; Miller-Rushing and Primack 2008; Grab and Craparo 2011).
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RamÃrez, F., Kallarackal, J. (2015). Precipitation. In: Responses of Fruit Trees to Global Climate Change. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14200-5_10
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