Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

✍ Scribed by Mark D. Schwartz (auth.), Mark D. Schwartz (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 596
• Series: Tasks for Vegetation Science 39
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Phenology is the study of plant and animal life cycle events, which are triggered by environmental changes, especially temperature. Wide ranges of phenomena are included, from first openings of leaf and flower buds, to insect hatchings and return of birds. Each one gives a ready measure of the environment as viewed by the associated organism. Thus, phenological events are 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. This book 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 contributions from a diverse group of over fifty phenological experts, covering data collection, current research, methods and applications, it demonstrates the accomplishments and potential of phenology as an integrative environmental science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
East Asia....Pages 11-25
Australia....Pages 27-44
Europe....Pages 45-56
North America....Pages 57-73
South America....Pages 75-92
The Global Phenological Monitoring Concept....Pages 93-104
Toward A Multifunctional European Phenology Network....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Tropical Dry Climates....Pages 121-137
Mediterranean Climates....Pages 139-156
Grasslands of the North American Great Plains....Pages 157-174
High Latitude Climates....Pages 175-194
High Altitude Climates....Pages 195-214
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Plant Development Models....Pages 217-235
Animal Life Cycle Models....Pages 237-254
Phenological Variation of Forest Trees....Pages 255-267
Phenological Growth Stages....Pages 269-283
Assessing Phenology at the Biome Level....Pages 285-300
Developing Comparative Phenological Calendars....Pages 301-318
Plant Phenological “Fingerprints”....Pages 319-329
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Phenoclimatic Measures....Pages 331-343
Weather Station Siting....Pages 345-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Remote Sensing Phenology....Pages 365-381
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Aquatic Plants and Animals....Pages 385-403
Insects....Pages 405-419
Birds....Pages 421-436
Timing of Reproduction in Large Mammals....Pages 437-449
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Vegetation Phenology in Global Change Studies....Pages 453-466
Phenology of Vegetation Photosynthesis....Pages 467-485
Radiation Measurements....Pages 487-503
Phenology and Agriculture....Pages 505-522
Winegrape Phenology....Pages 523-539
Long-Term Urban-Rural Comparisons....Pages 541-554
Back Matter....Pages 555-564

✦ Subjects

Plant Ecology; Climate Change; Meteorology/Climatology; Ecotoxicology; Zoology