Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the E uropean A lps

Y Vitasse, S Ursenbacher, G Klein… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services of
irreplaceable socio‐economic value. In the European Alps, air temperature has increased at …

Climate change, phenology, and phenological control of vegetation feedbacks to the climate system

AD Richardson, TF Keenan, M Migliavacca… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2013 - Elsevier
Vegetation phenology is highly sensitive to climate change. Phenology also controls many
feedbacks of vegetation to the climate system by influencing the seasonality of albedo …

Emerging opportunities and challenges in phenology: a review

J Tang, C Körner, H Muraoka, S Piao, M Shen… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant phenology research has gained increasing attention because of the sensitivity of
phenology to climate change and its consequences for ecosystem function. Recent …

Alteration of the phenology of leaf senescence and fall in winter deciduous species by climate change: effects on nutrient proficiency

M Estiarte, J Peñuelas - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf senescence in winter deciduous species signals the transition from the active to the
dormant stage. The purpose of leaf senescence is the recovery of nutrients before the leaves …

The interaction between freezing tolerance and phenology in temperate deciduous trees

Y Vitasse, A Lenz, C Körner - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Temperate climates are defined by distinct temperature seasonality with large and often
unpredictable weather during any of the four seasons. To thrive in such climates, trees have …

Photoperiod constraints on tree phenology, performance and migration in a warming world

DA Way, RA Montgomery - Plant, cell & environment, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing temperatures should facilitate the poleward movement of species distributions
through a variety of processes, including increasing the growing season length. However, in …

The timing of autumn senescence is affected by the timing of spring phenology: implications for predictive models

TF Keenan, AD Richardson - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Autumn senescence regulates multiple aspects of ecosystem function, along with associated
feedbacks to the climate system. Despite its importance, current understanding of the drivers …

Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades

Y Vitasse, L Schneider, C Rixen, D Christen… - Agricultural and forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
Winters and early springs are predicted to become warmer in temperate climates under
continued global warming, which in turn is expected to promote earlier plant development …

Changes in autumn senescence in northern hemisphere deciduous trees: a meta-analysis of autumn phenology studies

AL Gill, AS Gallinat, R Sanders-DeMott… - Annals of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Many individual studies have shown that the timing of leaf
senescence in boreal and temperate deciduous forests in the northern hemisphere is …

Chilling outweighs photoperiod in preventing precocious spring development

J Laube, TH Sparks, N Estrella, J Höfler… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
It is well known that increased spring temperatures cause earlier onset dates of leaf
unfolding and flowering. However, a temperature increase in winter may be associated with …