Leafing‐out of woody plants begins the growing season in temperate forests and is one of
the most important drivers of ecosystem processes. There is substantial variation in the …

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 …

Accurate predictions of spring plant phenology with climate change are critical for
projections of growing seasons, plant communities and a number of ecosystem services …

Wood formation consumes around 15% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions per year and
plays a critical role in long-term sequestration of carbon on Earth. However, the exogenous …

Research on woody plant species highlights three major cues that shape spring
phenological events: chilling, forcing and photoperiod. Increasing research on the …

Increasing temperatures should facilitate the poleward movement of species distributions
through a variety of processes, including increasing the growing season length. However, in …

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 …

The integration of functional traits into vulnerability assessments is a promising approach to
quantitatively capture differences in species sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate …

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 …

Identifying the relative importance of climatic and other environmental controls on the
interannual variability and trends in global land surface phenology and greenness is …