Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges

S Piao, Q Liu, A Chen, IA Janssens, Y Fu… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant phenology, the annually recurring sequence of plant developmental stages, is
important for plant functioning and ecosystem services and their biophysical and …

The impacts of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: A review

S Piao, X Zhang, A Chen, Q Liu, X Lian, X Wang… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
The increased frequency of climate extremes in recent years has profoundly affected
terrestrial ecosystem functions and the welfare of human society. The carbon cycle is a key …

An earlier start of the thermal growing season enhances tree growth in cold humid areas but not in dry areas

S Gao, E Liang, R Liu, F Babst, JJ Camarero… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Climatic warming alters the onset, duration and cessation of the vegetative season. While
previous studies have shown a tight link between thermal conditions and leaf phenology …

Spring photosynthetic phenology of Chinese vegetation in response to climate change and its impact on net primary productivity

Y Xue, X Bai, C Zhao, Q Tan, Y Li, G Luo, L Wu… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, the advancement of spring phenology in northern and
temperate regions due to increased temperatures has been widely reported. Early and …

Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation

X Lian, S Piao, LZX Li, Y Li, C Huntingford, P Ciais… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Earlier vegetation greening under climate change raises evapotranspiration and thus lowers
spring soil moisture, yet the extent and magnitude of this water deficit persistence into the …

Effects of climate warming on photosynthesis in boreal tree species depend on soil moisture

PB Reich, KM Sendall, A Stefanski, RL Rich… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Climate warming will influence photosynthesis via thermal effects and by altering soil
moisture,,,,,,,,,–. Both effects may be important for the vast areas of global forests that …

Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity

W Buermann, M Forkel, M O'sullivan, S Sitch… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Climate change is shifting the phenological cycles of plants, thereby altering the functioning
of ecosystems, which in turn induces feedbacks to the climate system. In northern (north of …

Net carbon uptake has increased through warming-induced changes in temperate forest phenology

TF Keenan, J Gray, MA Friedl, M Toomey… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
The timing of phenological events exerts a strong control over ecosystem function and leads
to multiple feedbacks to the climate system. Phenology is inherently sensitive to temperature …

Delayed autumn phenology in the Northern Hemisphere is related to change in both climate and spring phenology

Q Liu, YH Fu, Z Zhu, Y Liu, Z Liu, M Huang… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The timing of the end of the vegetation growing season (EOS) plays a key role in terrestrial
ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycles. Autumn phenology is, however, still poorly …

Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate

M Helbig, JM Waddington, P Alekseychik… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and
carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and …