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Phenological patterns of herbaceous Mediterranean plant communities in spring: is there a difference between native and formerly-cultivated grasslands? [PDF]
Background and aims – Plant phenology, defined as the timing of recurring life events like leaf flushing, flowering, or fruiting, is highly sensitive to environmental factors such as photoperiod, temperature, and moisture.
Manon C.M. Hess+3 more
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Engaging and retaining participants present major challenges for citizen science programs, especially those that seek to engage participants across a large region.
Theresa Crimmins, Erin Posthumus
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Estimating Productivity Measures in Guayule Using UAS Imagery and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a perennial desert shrub currently under investigation as a viable commercial alternative to the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), the traditional source of natural rubber.
Truman P. Combs+4 more
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Geospatial data and tools evolve as new technologies are developed and landscape change occurs over time. As a result, these data may become outdated and inadequate for supporting critical habitat-related work across the international boundary in the ...
Madeline Melichar+9 more
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The USA National Phenology Network's Buffelgrass Green‐up Forecast map products
Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris syn. Pennisetum ciliare) was introduced to Sonoran Desert in the early 20th century and has become widespread at low elevations. This perennial bunchgrass accumulates abundant biomass that can carry fires through ecosystems
Katharine L. Gerst+5 more
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Key message Forest fragmentation leads to a micro-environmental condition that favors the proliferation of liana, which infest trees, compete with them, and reduce their performance.
Betânia da Cunha Vargas+2 more
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Modern UAS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or just drones have emerged with the primary goal of producing maps and imagery with extremely high spatial resolution.
Thaís Pereira de Medeiros+3 more
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Vegetation greenness and photosynthetic phenology in response to climatic determinants
Vegetation phenology is a key indicator of vegetation-climate interactions and carbon sink changes in ecosystems. Therefore, it is very important to understand the temporal and spatial variability of vegetation phenology and the driving climatic ...
Chaoya Dang+5 more
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Satellite-derived phenology (or apparent phenology) is frequently used to illustrate changes in plant phenology (i.e. true phenology) and the effects of climate forcing. However, each study uses a different method to detect phenology.
Nicolas Younes+2 more
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Large-scale citizen science programs can support ecological and climate change assessments
Large-scale citizen science programs have the potential to support national climate and ecosystem assessments by providing data useful in estimating both status and trends in key phenomena.
Theresa M Crimmins, Michael A Crimmins
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