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  • Pertaining to phenology.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to phenology

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  • The experiment ran over a few years, and looked specifically at the fall of 2000, fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 to cover the range of phenological influences.

    Archive 2008-11-01 HayleyM 2008

  • The experiment ran over a few years, and looked specifically at the fall of 2000, fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 to cover the range of phenological influences.

    Journal Club MTG8: Isoprene emissions HayleyM 2008

  • Some of these phenological observations are beginning to be used as indicators of the effects of climate change on biodiversity, although most studies are just recording data on the changes in species populations in the earlier part of the year (usually spring) and do not record data for the end-of-summer changes that could be affecting plant growth rates in the autumn or autumnal flight periods for species of insect.

    Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • This may be because use of GDDs may not be a good way to project phenological development in potatoes [19].

    Agriculture in the Arctic 2009

  • Ten plant functional types (PFTs) are differentiated by physiological, morphological, phenological, bioclimatic, and fireresponse attributes.

    Effects of climate change on landscape and regional processes and feedbacks to the climate system in the Arctic 2009

  • She was the senior author of a 1999 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that analyzed these phenological records and demonstrated that climate change was affecting the region and its native ecosystems.

    Aldo Leopold's Children 2009

  • Hence, species with limited climatic ranges and/or restricted habitat requirements (related to particular physiological or phenological traits) are very likely to be vulnerable to climate change effects.

    Changes in aquatic biota and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic 2009

  • The Northern Black Prairie represents a broad phenological transition zone marking the introduction from the north of a boreal influence in climate.

    Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA) 2009

  • Currently, these models consider only plant functional types distinguished by their physiological (C3 versus C4 photosynthesis), phenological (deciduous versus evergreen), and physiognomic (grass versus tree) attributes.

    Climate change and fire in the Arctic 2009

  • The boundary between the James River Lowland and the Drift Plains (46i) to the north represents a broad phenological and climatic transition zone.

    Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA) 2009

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