Changes in first flowering dates and flowering duration of 232 plant species on the island of Guernsey

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 20; no. 11; pp. 3508 - 3519
• Main Authors: Bock, Anna, Sparks, Tim H., Estrella, Nicole, Jee, Nigel, Casebow, Andrew, Schunk, Christian, Leuchner, Michael, Menzel, Annette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2014; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Allergies; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Climate Change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; data collection; Earth, ocean, space; English Channel; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; first flowering date; flowering; flowering duration; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Guernsey; Horticulture; human health; hypersensitivity; islands; long-term data; Magnoliopsida - growth & development; Magnoliopsida - physiology; Meteorology; Phenology; phylogeny; Plant reproduction; Plant species; Pollen; Pollination; Pollinators; Reproduction; Seasons; Temperature; temperature relationship; Time Factors; Guernsey; ANE, Europe, English Channel; English Channel; Temperature; first flowering date; Environmental factor; Duration; flowering duration; Island; Long term; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Phenology; Vegetation; Flowering; long-term data; temperature relationship; phenology; climate change

Climate change has affected plant phenology; increasing temperatures are associated with advancing first flowering dates. The impact on flowering duration, however, has rarely been studied. In this study, we analysed first flowering dates and flowering durations from a 27 year dataset of weekly flow...