Limit search to available items
Record 11 of 14
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book

Title Phenological research : methods for environmental and climate change analysis / edited by Irene L. Hudson, Marie R. Keatley
Published Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2010

Copies

Description 1 online resource (521 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Global Framework for Data Collection Data Bases, Data Availability, Future Networks, Online Databases; 3 Seasonality Seasonality as a Core Business of Phenology; 4 Societal Adaptation Options to Changes in Phenology; 5 The Influence of Sampling Method, Sample Size, and Frequency of Observations on Plant Phenological Patterns and Interpretation in Tropical Forest Trees; 6 Regression and Causality; 7 Combining Messy Phenological Time Series; 8 Phenology for Topoclimatological Surveys and Large-Scale Mapping
Summary As climate change continues to dominate the international environmental agenda, phenology - the study of the timing of recurring biological events - has received increasing research attention, leading to an emerging consensus that phenology can be viewed as an 'early warning system' for climate change impact. A multidisciplinary science involving many branches of ecology, geography and remote sensing, phenology to date has lacked a coherent methodological text. This new synthesis, including contributions from many of the world's leading phenologists, therefore fills a critical gap in the current biological literature. Providing critiques of current methods, as well as detailing novel and emerging methodologies, the book, with its extensive suite of references, provides readers with an understanding of both the theoretical basis and the potential applications required to adopt and adapt new analytical and design methods. An invaluable source book for researchers and students in ecology and climate change science, the book also provides a useful reference for practitioners in a range of sectors, including human health, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and natural resource management
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Phenology -- Research
Biological rhythms.
Biological Phenomena
Periodicity
SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
Phenology -- Research.
Science.
Science : Biology -- Natural History.
SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Biological rhythms
Form Electronic book
Author Hudson, Irene L.
Keatley, Marie R.
ISBN 9789048133352
9048133351
9789048133345
9048133343