A conceptual framework for winter dormancy in deciduous trees

E Fadón, E Fernandez, H Behn, E Luedeling - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The perennial life strategy of temperate trees relies on establishing a dormant stage during
winter to survive unfavorable conditions. To overcome this dormant stage, trees require cool …

Process-based models of phenology for plants and animals

I Chuine, J Régnière - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Phenology is a key aspect of plant and animal life strategies that determines the ability to
capture seasonally variable resources. It defines the season and duration of growth and …

Temperature and photoperiod drive spring phenology across all species in a temperate forest community

DFB Flynn, EM Wolkovich - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate predictions of spring plant phenology with climate change are critical for
projections of growing seasons, plant communities and a number of ecosystem services …

Winter temperatures predominate in spring phenological responses to warming

AK Ettinger, CJ Chamberlain, I Morales-Castilla… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Research on woody plant species highlights three major cues that shape spring
phenological events: chilling, forcing and photoperiod. Increasing research on the …

Divergent responses to spring and winter warming drive community level flowering trends

BI Cook, EM Wolkovich… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Analyses of datasets throughout the temperate midlatitude regions show a widespread
tendency for species to advance their springtime phenology, consistent with warming trends …

Temperate and boreal forest tree phenology: from organ-scale processes to terrestrial ecosystem models

N Delpierre, Y Vitasse, I Chuine, J Guillemot… - Annals of Forest …, 2016 - Springer
Key message We demonstrate that, beyond leaf phenology, the phenological cycles of wood
and fine roots present clear responses to environmental drivers in temperate and boreal …

Photoperiod sensitivity of bud burst in 14 temperate forest tree species

D Basler, C Körner - Agricultural and forest Meteorology, 2012 - Elsevier
The timing of spring phenology of trees reflects a trade-off between a longer growing season
and a lower risk for damage by late freezing events. Temperature is driving rates of …

Can phenological models predict tree phenology accurately in the future? The unrevealed hurdle of endodormancy break

I Chuine, M Bonhomme, JM Legave… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The onset of the growing season of trees has been earlier by 2.3 days per decade during the
last 40 years in temperate Europe because of global warming. The effect of temperature on …

Urban heat island impacts on plant phenology: intra-urban variability and response to land cover

SC Zipper, J Schatz, A Singh, CJ Kucharik… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite documented intra-urban heterogeneity in the urban heat island (UHI) effect, little is
known about spatial or temporal variability in plant response to the UHI. Using an automated …

Progress in plant phenology modeling under global climate change

Y Fu, X Li, X Zhou, X Geng, Y Guo, Y Zhang - Science China Earth …, 2020 - Springer
Plant phenology is the study of the timing of recurrent biological events and the causes of
their timing with regard to biotic and abiotic forces. Plant phenology affects the structure and …