Abstract
Phenological calendars describe the beginning, duration, and mutual relationships among seasonal natural phenomena. They can be used to help describe seasonality of environmental conditions, ecosystems, and individual species. Calendars consist of various types of seasonal data, such as phenological phases of living organisms, seasonal phases of environmental conditions, and instrumentally measured climatic parameters. Phenological calendars are an integrative method for studying those seasonal phenomena and representing seasonality graphically. Series of phenological phases show variations in climate and natural processes in an integrated way, and therefore are a useful approach to climate change studies. At the same time, impacts on organisms and ecosystems are an important outcome of changes in climate (Penuelas and Filella 2001). Therefore, connecting phenology with long time-series has become crucial for studying climate change, and phenological calendars can help examine its variations in space and time.
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Ahas, R., Aasa, A. (2003). Developing Comparative Phenological Calendars. In: Schwartz, M.D. (eds) Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0632-3_19
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