The importance of global environmental questions has significantly advanced the impact of
climate change phenology. Whilst spatial applications continue to be a core application of …

In the preface to the first edition I described my personal phenological research “journey”,
and reviewed the conditions which enabled the successful creation of a general …

Nearly 6 years have passed since the publication of my edited book, Phenology: an
integrative environmental science, in late 2003. During this time phenological research has …

Time series have played a critical role in documenting how phenology responds to climate
change. However, regressing phenological responses against climatic predictors involves …

This study presents an approach based on the Bayesian paradigm to identify and compare
observed changes in the timing of phenological events in plants. Previous studies have …

Long‐term spring and autumn phenological observations from Switzerland and Burgundy
(eastern France) as well as long‐term Swiss monthly and seasonal temperature …

Biotic and abiotic phenological observations can be collected from continental to local
spatial scale. Plant phenological observations may only be recorded wherever there is …

The global average surface temperature increased with 0.8 C (±0.2 C) in the period 1906 to
2005. An increasing number of studies show that this temperature increase results in …

The most recent assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC, 2001. Climate Change 2001—The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I …

The best characteristics of phenological observations are their description of seasons and
seasonal patterns. Specific phenological phases are used to define the beginning and the …