Responses of sequential and hierarchical phenological events to warming and cooling in alpine meadows
oleh: Xine Li, Lili Jiang, Fandong Meng, Shiping Wang, Haishan Niu, Amy M. Iler, Jichuan Duan, Zhenhua Zhang, Caiyun Luo, Shujuan Cui, Lirong Zhang, Yaoming Li, Qi Wang, Yang Zhou, Xiaoying Bao, Tsechoe Dorji, Yingnian Li, Josep Peñuelas, Mingyuan Du, Xinquan Zhao, Liang Zhao, Guojie Wang
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Describing changes in the timing of life history events is critical to understanding effects of climate change. Wang et al. relocated plant communities up and down elevation gradients and found that warming lengthened the reproductive and activity phases, while cooling reduced the vegetative and reproductive phases.