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Growing season
About: Growing season is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11214 publications have been published within this topic receiving 331886 citations.
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TL;DR: It appears that the deleterious effects of low temperatures during growth negate the advantages of possessing the C4 pathway in cooler habitats, and high minimum temperatures during the growing season have the strongest correlation with the relative abundance of C4 grass species in a regional flora.
Abstract: A stepwise multiple regression analysis was used in an attempt to correlate statistically the geographic patterns in the abundance of C4 grasses with patterns in climatic variables. The percent of grasses having the C4 pathway was computed for the total grass flora in twenty-seven widely spaced regions of North America. From long-term climatic records seasonal and annual values for solar irradiance, water supply, heat availability, and combinations of these variables were assigned to each of the twentyseven regions. The results of the analysis suggest that high minimum temperatures during the growing season have the strongest correlation with the relative abundance of C4 grass species in a regional flora. It appears that the deleterious effects of low temperatures during growth negate the advantages of possessing the C4 pathway in cooler habitats.
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TL;DR: Experiments on root and rhizosphere response in plants grown in CO(2)-enriched atmospheres will be reviewed and, where possible, collectively integrated, to offer a series of hypotheses which are considered as priority targets for future research.
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TL;DR: The relationship between vegetation vigor and moisture availability, however, is complex and has not been adequately studied with satellite sensor data as mentioned in this paper, however, an analysis was conducted on time series of monthly NDVI (1989-2000) during the growing season in the north and central U.S. Great Plains.
723 citations
TL;DR: The authors' results support surface temperature increases within the same period at higher northern latitudes where temperature limits plant growth.
Abstract: Normalized difference vegetation index data from the polar-orbiting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorological satellites from 1982 to 1999 show significant variations in photosynthetic activity and growing season length at latitudes above 35 degrees N. Two distinct periods of increasing plant growth are apparent: 1982-1991 and 1992-1999, separated by a reduction from 1991 to 1992 associated with global cooling resulting from the volcanic eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in June 1991. The average May to September normalized difference vegetation index from 45 degrees N to 75 degrees N increased by 9% from 1982 to 1991, decreased by 5% from 1991 to 1992, and increased by 8% from 1992 to 1999. Variations in the normalized difference vegetation index were associated with variations in the start of the growing season of -5.6, +3.9, and -1.7 days respectively, for the three time periods. Our results support surface temperature increases within the same period at higher northern latitudes where temperature limits plant growth.
711 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the red edge inflection point (REIP), a ratio of reflectance at 740-720 nm (RE3/RE2), and a first derivative value at 715-705 nm (D715/D705) were found to be highly correlated with variation in total chlorophyll content.
Abstract: Many sugar maple stands in the northeastern United States experienced extensive insect damage during the 1988 growing season. Chlorophyll data and high spectral resolution spectrometer laboratory reflectance data were acquired for multiple collections of single detached sugar maple leaves variously affected by the insect over the 1988 growing season. Reflectance data indicated consistent and diagnostic differences in the red edge portion (680-750 nm) of the spectrum among the various samples and populations of leaves. These included differences in the red edge inflection point (REIP), a ratio of reflectance at 740-720 nm (RE3/RE2), and a ratio of first derivative values at 715-705 nm (D715/D705). All three red edge parameters were highly correlated with variation in total chlorophyll content. Other spectral measures, including the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Simple Vegetation Index Ratio (VI), also varied among populations and over the growing season, but did not correlate well with total chlorophyll content. Leaf stacking studies on light and dark backgrounds indicated REIP, RE3/RE2 and D715/D705 to be much less influenced by differences in green leaf biomass and background condition than either NDVI or VI.
704 citations