4.8 Letter

The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts

Related references

Note: Only part of the references are listed.
Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Anthropogenic impacts on Late Holocene land-cover change and floristic biodiversity loss in tropical southeastern Asia

Zhuo Zheng et al.

Summary: Research shows that the intensification of rice agriculture in Southern China and Southeast Asia during the Late Holocene led to extensive deforestation, significant changes in vegetation composition, and a reduction in arboreal diversity. Particularly, ancient tree species shrank in the face of paddy rice farming and human disturbance.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2021)

Article Biology

Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps

Yann Vitasse et al.

Summary: In the European Alps, increasing temperatures have led to glacier retreat and changes in the distribution of plants, animals and fungi. Spring phenology has shifted earlier and distribution ranges have moved upslope, with various taxonomic groups showing different rates of change. The overall upward shift in species distribution appears to be too slow to keep pace with the rate of climate warming, potentially leading to phenological and spatial mismatches in ecosystems.

BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Global shifts in the phenological synchrony of species interactions over recent decades

Heather M. Kharouba et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

Article Environmental Sciences

A global synthesis of animal phenological responses to climate change

Jeremy M. Cohen et al.

NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Acceleration of phenological advance and warming with latitude over the past century

Eric Post et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Defining the Anthropocene

Simon L. Lewis et al.

NATURE (2015)

Article Environmental Sciences

A 170 year spring phenology index of plants in eastern China

Quansheng Ge et al.

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES (2014)

Review Agronomy

Climate change, phenology, and phenological control of vegetation feedbacks to the climate system

Andrew D. Richardson et al.

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY (2013)

Article Geography, Physical

The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe

Jed O. Kaplan et al.

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS (2009)