Phenological research [electronic resource] : methods for environmental and climate change analysis / edited by Irene L. Hudson, Marie R. Keatley.

As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology – the study of the timing of recurring biological events – has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus that phenology can be viewed as an ‘early warning system’ for climate chan...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Hudson, Irene L., Keatley, Marie R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Global Framework for Data Collection Data Bases, Data Availability, Future Networks, Online Databases; 3 Seasonality Seasonality as a Core Business of Phenology; 4 Societal Adaptation Options to Changes in Phenology; 5 The Influence of Sampling Method, Sample Size, and Frequency of Observations on Plant Phenological Patterns and Interpretation in Tropical Forest Trees; 6 Regression and Causality; 7 Combining Messy Phenological Time Series; 8 Phenology for Topoclimatological Surveys and Large-Scale Mapping.