Phenology An Integrative Environmental Science

About this book

Phenology refers to recurring plant and animal life cycle stages, such as leafing and flowering, maturation of agricultural plants, emergence of insects, and migration of birds. It is also the study of these recurring events, especially their timing and relationships with weather and climate. Phenological phenomena all give a ready measure of the environment as viewed by the associated organism, and are thus ideal indicators of the impact of local and global changes in weather and climate on the earth's biosphere.

Assessing our changing world is a complex task that requires close cooperation from experts in biology, climatology, ecology, geography, oceanography, remote sensing, and other areas. Like its predecessor, this second edition of Phenology is a synthesis of current phenological knowledge, designed as a primer on the field for global change and general scientists, students, and interested members of the public. With updated and new contributions from over fifty phenological experts, covering data collection, current research, methods, and applications, it demonstrates the accomplishments, progress over the last decade, and future potential of phenology as an integrative environmental science.

Contents

Contributing Authors
Preface
Foreword

1. Introduction Mark D. Schwartz

Part I: PHENOLOGICAL DATA, NETWORKS, AND RESEARCH
2. East Asia Xiaoqiu Chen
3. Australia and New Zealand Marie R. Keatley, Lynda E. Chambers, and Rebecca Phillips
4. Europe Annette Menzel
5. North America Mark D. Schwartz, Elisabeth G. Beaubien, Theresa M. Crimmins, and Jake F. Weltzin
6. A Review of Plant Phenology in South and Central America L. Patricia C. Morellato, Maria Gabiela G. Camargo, and Eliana Gressler
7. Antarctica Lynda E. Chambers, Marie R. Keatley, Eric J. Woehler, and Dana M. Bergstrom
8. International Phenological Observation Networks: Concept of IPG and GPM Frank-M. Chmielewski, Stefan Heider, Susanne Moryson, and Ekko Bruns

Part II: PHENOLOGIES OF SELECTED BIOCLIMATIC ZONES
9. Tropical Dry Climates Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Margaret E. Kalacska, Mauricio Quesada, Kathyn E. Stoner, Jorge A. Lobo, and Pablo Arroyo-Mora
10. Mediterranean Phenology Donatella Spano, Richard L. Snyder, and Carla Cesaraccio
11. Phenologies of North American Grasslands and Grasses Geoffrey M. Henebry
12. Mesic Temperate Deciduous Forest Phenology Jonathan M. Hanes, Andrew D. Richardson, and Stephen Klosterman
13. Phenology at High Latitudes Frans E. Wielgolaski and David W. Inouye
14. Phenology at High Altitudes David W. Inouye and Frans E. Wielgolaski

Part III: PHENOLOGICAL MODELS AND TECHNIQUES
15. Plant Development Models Isabelle Chuine, Inaki Garcia De Cortazar Atauri, Koen Kramer, and Heikki Hanninen
16. Animal Life Cycle Models (Poikilotherms) Jacques Regniere and James A. Powell
17. Daily Temperature-based Temporal and Spatial Modeling of Tree Phenology Xiaoqiu Chen
18. Plant Phenological "Fingerprints" Annette Menzel
19. High-Resolution Phenological Data Mark D. Schwartz and Liang Liang
20. Weather Station Siting: Effects on Phenological Models Richard L. Snyder, Donatella Spano, and Pierpaolo Duce

Part IV: SENSOR-DERIVED PHENOLOGY
21. Remote Sensing of Land Surface Phenology: A Prospectus Geoffrey M. Henebry and Kirsten M. De Beurs
22. Near-Surface Sensor-Derived Phenology Andrew D. Richardson, Stephen Klosterman, and Michael Toomey

Part V: PHENOLOGIES OF SELECTED LIFEFORMS
23. Aquatic Plants and Animals Wulf Greve
24. Birds Tim H. Sparks, Humphrey Q. P. Crick, Peter O. Dunn, and Leonid V. Sokolov
25. Reproductive Phenology of Large Mammals Jeffrey Kerby and Eric Post

Part VI: APPLICATIONS OF PHENOLOGY
26. Vegetation Phenology in Global Change Studies Kirsten M. De Beurs and Geoffrey M. Henebry
27. Temperature Sensitivity of Canopy Photosynthesis Phenology in Northern Ecosystems Shuli Niu, Yuling Fu, Lianhong Gu, and Yiqi Luo
28. Phenology and Evapotranspiration Richard L. Snyder and Donatella Spano
29. Phenology in Agriculture and Horticulture Frank-M. Chmielewski
30. Winegrape Phenology Gregory V. Jones
31. Phenology in Higher Education: Ground-Based and Spatial Analysis Tools Kirsten M. De Beurs, Robert B. Cook, Susan Mazer, Brian Haggerty, Alisa Hove, Geoffrey M. Henebry, LoriAnne Barnett, Carolyn L. Thomas, and Bob R. Pohlad

Acknowledgements
Index

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