Climate change and phenology

DW Inouye - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is a defining element of the current ecological landscape, with
consequences ranging from global to local environments. One of the first indices of the …

Phenological physiology: seasonal patterns of plant stress tolerance in a changing climate

JJ Grossman - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological challenges posed by climate change for seasonal, perennial plants
include increased risk of heat waves, postbudbreak freezing ('false springs'), and droughts …

Experimental warming differentially affects vegetative and reproductive phenology of tundra plants

CG Collins, SC Elmendorf, RD Hollister… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rapid climate warming is altering Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystem structure and function,
including shifts in plant phenology. While the advancement of green up and flowering are …

Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia

CM Zohner, L Mo, SS Renner… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Late-spring frosts (LSFs) affect the performance of plants and animals across the world's
temperate and boreal zones, but despite their ecological and economic impact on …

Herbarium records are reliable sources of phenological change driven by climate and provide novel insights into species' phenological cueing mechanisms

CC Davis, CG Willis, B Connolly, C Kelly… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Climate change has resulted in major changes in the phenology
of some species but not others. Long‐term field observational records provide the best …

Day length unlikely to constrain climate-driven shifts in leaf-out times of northern woody plants

CM Zohner, BM Benito, JC Svenning… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
The relative roles of temperature and day length in driving spring leaf unfolding are known
for few species, limiting our ability to predict phenology under climate warming,. Using …

Functional traits influence patterns in vegetative and reproductive plant phenology–a multi‐botanical garden study

M Sporbert, D Jakubka, SF Bucher, I Hensen… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenology has emerged as key indicator of the biological impacts of climate change, yet the
role of functional traits constraining variation in herbaceous species' phenology has …

The growing and vital role of botanical gardens in climate change research

RB Primack, ER Ellwood, AS Gallinat… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Botanical gardens make unique contributions to climate change research, conservation, and
public engagement. They host unique resources, including diverse collections of plant …

The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks

L Mo, TW Crowther, DS Maynard… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting
productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density …

The role of xylem parenchyma in the storage and utilization of nonstructural carbohydrates

L Plavcová, S Jansen - Functional and ecological xylem anatomy, 2015 - Springer
Ray and axial parenchyma cells are inherent components of secondary xylem in almost all
woody plants. The proportion of wood parenchyma ranges typically between 5 and 10% in …