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SUBMITTER: Ellwood ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3547064 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ellwood Elizabeth R ER Temple Stanley A SA Primack Richard B RB Bradley Nina L NL Davis Charles C CC
PloS one 20130116 1
Flowering times are well-documented indicators of the ecological effects of climate change and are linked to numerous ecosystem processes and trophic interactions. Dozens of studies have shown that flowering times for many spring-flowering plants have become earlier as a result of recent climate change, but it is uncertain if flowering times will continue to advance as temperatures rise. Here, we used long-term flowering records initiated by Henry David Thoreau in 1852 and Aldo Leopold in 1935 t ...[more]