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

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Tasks for vegetation science 39 SERIES EDITORS A. Kratochwil, University of Osnabrück, Germany H. Lieth, University of Osnabrück, Germany

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

PHENOLOGY: An Integrative Environmental Science

Edited by

MARK D. SCHWARTZ Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON

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ISBN 1-4020-1580-1

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my parents, Marjorie H. and the late Donald J. Schwartz, who nurtured my early interest in science

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Contents

Dedication

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Contributing Authors

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Preface

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Color Plates

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Foreword Part 1: INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Introduction MARK D. SCHWARTZ

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Part 2: PHENOLOGICAL DATA, NETWORKS, AND RESEARCH

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2.1 East Asia XIAOQIU CHEN

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2.2 Australia MARIE R. KEATLEY AND TIM D. FLETCHER

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viii 2.3 Europe ANNETTE MENZEL

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2.4 North America MARK D. SCHWARTZ AND ELISABETH G. BEAUBIEN

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2.5 South America L. PATRÍCIA C. MORELLATO

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2.6 The Global Phenological Monitoring Concept 93 EKKO BRUNS, FRANK-M. CHMIELEWSKI, AND ARNOLD J. H. VANVLIET 2.7 Toward a Multifunctional European Phenology Network ARNOLD J. H. VANVLIET AND RUDOLF S. DEGROOT

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Part 3: PHENOLOGY OF SELECTED BIOCLIMATIC ZONES

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3.1 Tropical Dry Climates 121 ARTURO SANCHEZ-AZOFEIFA, MARGARET E. KALACSKA, MAURICIO QUESADA, KATHRYN E. STONER, JORGE A. LOBO, AND PABLO ARROYO-MORA 3.2 Mediterranean Climates 139 DONATELLA SPANO, RICHARD L. SNYDER, AND CARLA CESARACCIO 3.3 Grasslands of the North American Great Plains GEOFFREY M. HENEBRY

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3.4 High Latitude Climates FRANS E. WIELGOLASKI AND DAVID W. INOUYE

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3.5 High Altitude Climates DAVID W. INOUYE AND FRANS E. WIELGOLASKI

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Part 4: PHENOLOGICAL MODELS AND TECHNIQUES

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4.1 Plant Development Models ISABELLE CHUINE, KOEN KRAMER, AND HEIKKI HÄNNINEN

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ix 4.2 Animal Life Cycle Models JACQUES RÉGNIÈRE AND JESSE A. LOGAN

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4.3 Phenological Variation of Forest Trees 255 ROBERT BRÜGGER, MATTHIAS DOBBERTIN, AND NORBERT KRÄUCHI 4.4 Phenologi