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Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

  • Comprehensive topics, designed to nurture and serve the dynamic international and interdisciplinary phenological research community
  • The Editor is co-founder of the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN)
  • Includes chapters that outline the history of data collection and network development in each region

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction

    • Mark D. Schwartz
    Pages 1-5
  3. Phenological Data, Networks, and Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. East Asia

      • Xiaoqiu Chen
      Pages 9-22
    3. Australia and New Zealand

      • Marie R. Keatley, Lynda E. Chambers, Rebecca Phillips
      Pages 23-52
    4. Europe

      • Annette Menzel
      Pages 53-65
    5. North America

      • Mark D. Schwartz, Elisabeth G. Beaubien, Theresa M. Crimmins, Jake F. Weltzin
      Pages 67-89
    6. A Review of Plant Phenology in South and Central America

      • L. Patrícia C. Morellato, Maria Gabriela G. Camargo, Eliana Gressler
      Pages 91-113
    7. Antarctica

      • Lynda E. Chambers, Marie R. Keatley, Eric J. Woehler, Dana M. Bergstrom
      Pages 115-135
    8. International Phenological Observation Networks: Concept of IPG and GPM

      • Frank-M. Chmielewski, Stefan Heider, Susanne Moryson, Ekko Bruns
      Pages 137-153
  4. Phenologies of Selected Bioclimatic Zones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Tropical Dry Climates

      • Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Margaret E. Kalacska, Mauricio Quesada, Kathryn E. Stoner, Jorge A. Lobo, Pablo Arroyo-Mora
      Pages 157-171
    3. Mediterranean Phenology

      • Donatella Spano, Richard L. Snyder, Carla Cesaraccio
      Pages 173-196
    4. Phenologies of North American Grasslands and Grasses

      • Geoffrey M. Henebry
      Pages 197-210
    5. Mesic Temperate Deciduous Forest Phenology

      • Jonathan M. Hanes, Andrew D. Richardson, Stephen Klosterman
      Pages 211-224
    6. Phenology at High Latitudes

      • Frans E. Wielgolaski, David W. Inouye
      Pages 225-247
    7. Phenology at High Altitudes

      • David W. Inouye, Frans E. Wielgolaski
      Pages 249-272
  5. Phenological Models and Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273
    2. Plant Development Models

      • Isabelle Chuine, Iñaki Garcia de Cortazar-Atauri, Koen Kramer, Heikki Hänninen
      Pages 275-293
    3. Animal Life Cycle Models (Poikilotherms)

      • Jacques Régnière, James A. Powell
      Pages 295-316

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

    Mark D. Schwartz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

  • Editors: Mark D. Schwartz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6925-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6924-3Published: 12 August 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8153-4Published: 09 August 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6925-0Published: 30 July 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XX, 610

  • Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Climate Change, Atmospheric Sciences, Ecotoxicology, Zoology

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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