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Phenoclimatic Measures

Assessment of the Onset of Spring

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Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science ((TAVS,volume 39))

Abstract

Interaction between the atmosphere and biosphere is a crucial area of study for improving the accuracy of plant development models at all scales, and increasing knowledge of critical exchanges in the planetary carbon balance. Phenology, the study of biological life cycle events (such as first leaf, first bloom, and senescence events in plants, hatching of insects, or first appearance of birds and small mammals), driven by environmental factors (primarily temperature), can serve as an important framework to facilitate such studies (Schwartz 1994, 1999). The following sections summarize a program that has contributed to this research area through: 1) development and refinement of phenological simulation models, optimized for continental-scale studies, and providing a ready means to process climate data into a form comparable with satellite sensor-derived and conventional phenological data; and 2) evaluation of the effects of springtime plant development on energy exchange, mass exchange, and measured characteristics of the lower atmosphere.

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Schwartz, M.D. (2003). Phenoclimatic Measures. In: Schwartz, M.D. (eds) Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0632-3_21

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