Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 28, 2025
Heat
accumulation
and
spring
freeze,
both
strongly
influenced
by
snow
cover,
are
key
factors
regulating
the
onset
of
phenology.
In
forest
ecosystems,
decreased
cover
due
to
climate
change
may
differently
impact
heat
occurrence
freezes
between
canopy
gap
under
tree
canopy,
leading
varied
phenological
responses.
this
study,
we
examined
how
phenology
seedling
responds
across
microsites
explored
whether
these
responses
species-specific.
We
conducted
a
manipulation
experiment
in
planted
northern
Hokkaido,
Japan,
establishing
five
areas,
each
with
control
removal
plot.
Four
dominant
species
were
Snow
significantly
advanced
budburst
leaf-out
microsites,
more
pronounced
effect
observed
gap.
Moreover,
all
four
gap,
whereas
only
Abies
sachalinensis
showed
earlier
canopy.
Overall,
our
study
demonstrated
that
projected
winter
warming
led
greater
advancement
seedlings
compared
species-specific
Forests,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(3), P. 433 - 433
Published: Feb. 27, 2025
Climate
change
may
induce
regional
climate
shifts,
profoundly
affecting
plant
growth,
distribution,
and
ecosystems.
This
study
collected
37
Sabina
chinensis
(Sabina
(L.)
Ant.
cv.
Kaizuca)
tree
cores
(74
samples)
from
a
site
in
the
Yangtze
River
Delta
(YRD)
coastal
region.
Utilizing
traditional
dendrochronological
principles
methods,
standardized
tree-ring
width
chronology
was
developed
to
detect
shift
points
explore
differences
radial
growth
responses
factors,
before
after
these
shifts.
The
findings
are
as
follows:
(1)
Between
1967
2020,
temperature
emerged
main
factor
influencing
of
area.
(2)
There
correlations
between
factors
different
months
seasons,
change.
(3)
Moving
correlation
analysis
indicated
that
relationships
precipitation
gradually
altered.
reveals
intricate
mechanisms
on
offering
valuable
references
for
other
similar
studies.
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(3), P. 562 - 562
Published: March 7, 2025
Exploring
the
phenological
divergences
in
vegetation
caused
by
global
climate
change
is
of
great
significance
for
gaining
a
deeper
understanding
carbon
cycling
process
natural
ecosystems.
However,
many
existing
studies,
response
start
growing
season
(SOS)
and
end
(EOS)
to
temperature
exhibited
multi-scale
inconsistencies.
In
view
this,
we
took
259
Chinese
urban
agglomerations
their
rural
regions
as
study
areas,
using
MODIS
products
(MCD12Q2),
land
surface
(LST)
datasets,
altitude,
latitude
data,
explored
with
LST
changes
different
geographical
zones
through
box
plots,
linear
regression
models,
Spearman’s
correlation
analysis.
The
mean
SOS
EOS
areas
were
both
earliest
on
approximately
100.06th
day
307.39th
day,
respectively,
then
gradually
delayed
advanced
separately
along
an
urban–rural
gradient
0–25
km.
phenology
no
longer
significant
10
km
away
from
boundaries,
amplitudes
less
than
0.4
days.
high
(40–50°
N)
regions,
coefficients
between
various
−0.627
0.588,
whereas
low
(18–25°
appeared
be
opposite,
being
0.424
−0.426,
respectively.
mid-
high-altitude
(150–400
m)
had
strong
effect
SOS,
while
(above
1200
EOS,
R2
values
all
above
0.7.
summary,
our
has
revealed
that
within
context
varying
zones,
effects
spatial
heterogeneity.
This
may
provide
evidence
inconsistencies
trends
observed
across
previous
studies
more
relevant
constraints
improving
prediction
models.
Forests,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(3), P. 490 - 490
Published: March 11, 2025
Vegetation
phenology
has
attracted
considerable
attention
as
one
of
the
most
sensitive
indicators
global
climate
change.
Remote
sensing
significantly
expanded
our
understanding
spatial
divergences
vegetation
phenology.
However,
current
reasons
behind
is
not
yet
complete,
and
there
an
urgent
need
to
unravel
landscape
processes
driving
In
light
this,
present
study
focused
on
montane
forests
cold
temperate
zone
its
area,
collecting
datasets
such
MCD12Q2
land
surface
product,
climate,
topography,
stand
height
adopting
regression
analysis
geo-detector
model
investigate
individual
interactive
effects
variables
temperature,
precipitation,
elevation,
slope,
aspect,
forest
The
results
indicated
that
because
complexity
impacts
temperature
were
nonlinear.
With
fluctuation
development
occurred
later
at
base
ridges
mountain
earlier
in
valley
bottom
lands
mid-upper
slopes.
Temperature
precipitation
exhibited
a
bilaterally
strong
effect
with
slope
greenup.
Both
greenup
dormancy
shady
slopes
sunny
There
may
also
exist
between
topographic
factors
Future
research
focus
whether
trade-off
or
synergy
macroclimatic
regulatory
function
topography
microclimatic
canopy
structure.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: March 28, 2025
Heat
accumulation
and
spring
freeze,
both
strongly
influenced
by
snow
cover,
are
key
factors
regulating
the
onset
of
phenology.
In
forest
ecosystems,
decreased
cover
due
to
climate
change
may
differently
impact
heat
occurrence
freezes
between
canopy
gap
under
tree
canopy,
leading
varied
phenological
responses.
this
study,
we
examined
how
phenology
seedling
responds
across
microsites
explored
whether
these
responses
species-specific.
We
conducted
a
manipulation
experiment
in
planted
northern
Hokkaido,
Japan,
establishing
five
areas,
each
with
control
removal
plot.
Four
dominant
species
were
Snow
significantly
advanced
budburst
leaf-out
microsites,
more
pronounced
effect
observed
gap.
Moreover,
all
four
gap,
whereas
only
Abies
sachalinensis
showed
earlier
canopy.
Overall,
our
study
demonstrated
that
projected
winter
warming
led
greater
advancement
seedlings
compared
species-specific
