Phenology: an integrative environmental science
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 ch…
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- Full title :Phenology : an integrative environmental science / edited by Mark D. Schwartz.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:©2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Place of Publication:Dordrecht
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxx, 564 pages) : : illustrations (some color), maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789400706323, 9400706324
- oclc:ocn722853437
- LC Classification:QH544
- Dewey Decimal:578.4/2
Table of Contents
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Contributing Authors; Preface; Foreword; REFERENCES CITED; PART 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1. BASIC CONCEPTS AND BACKGROUND; 2. ORGANIZATION AND USE; 3. FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CHALLENGES; REFERENCES CITED; PART 2 PHENOLOGICAL DATA, NETWORKS, AND RESEARCH; Chapter 2.1 EAST ASIA; 1. PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH IN CHINA; 1.1 Historical Background; 1.2 Networks and Data; 1.3 Research and Applications; 1.3.1 Phenological calendars; 1.3.2 Phenological seasons; 1.3.3 Phenology and historical climate change.
1.3.4 Phenological models and prediction1.3.5 Teaching phenology at universities; 2. PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH IN JAPAN; 2.1 Networks and Data; 2.2 Research and Applications; REFERENCES CITED; Chapter 2.2 AUSTRALIA; 1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT; 1.1 Aboriginal Understanding of Seasonality; 1.2 Early European Phenological Observation; 2. AGENCY DATA AND RESEARCH; 2.1 New South Wales; 2.2 Queensland; 2.3 Victoria; 2.4 Tasmania and Western Australia; 3. COMMUNITY-BASED PHENOLOGICAL NETWORKS; 3.1 Timelines; 3.2 Faunawatch; 3.3 Other Organizations; 3.3.1 Globe; 3.3.2 Birds Australia.
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