Timing and duration of phenological sequences of alpine plants along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan plateau

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 189-190; pp. 220 - 228
• Main Authors: Wang, Shiping, Wang, Changshun, Duan, Jichuang, Zhu, Xiaoxue, Xu, Guangping, Luo, Caiyun, Zhang, Zhenhua, Meng, Fandong, Li, Yingnian, Du, Mingyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acceleration; Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Alpine plants; altitude; Biological and medical sciences; China; Climate change; Cyperaceae; Early-spring flowering plants; Elevation; Evolutionary; Evolutionary adaptation; field experimentation; Flowering; forbs; fruit set; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; grasses; growing season; Mid-summer flowering plants, Reproductive phenology; phenology; Reproduction; spring; Springs; summer; temperature; Time measurements; Central Asia; Asia; China, People's Rep., Xizang, Tibetan Plateau; China; Climate change; Early-spring flowering plants; Mid-summer flowering plants, Reproductive phenology; Alpine plants; Evolutionary adaptation; Biometeorology; Summer; Duration; Date; Dynamical climatology; Vertical gradient; Alpine vegetation; Tibetan Plateau; Phenology; Mid-summer flowering plants; Spring(season); Angiospermae; Reproductive phenology; Flowering; Spermatophyta; Earliness; Timing; Season

•Timing of phenological events is not necessarily delayed as elevation increases.•Changes in timing of phenological events are inconsistent as elevation increases.•Individual reproductive components have independent responses to climate change.•Duration of reproduction stage is dependent on timing o...