The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.70020
Abstract: The concept of growing degree days (GDDs) is commonly used to predict phenological events in plants, assuming that plants develop proportionally to the accumulated temperature. Two species‐specific parameters, TBase and t0 (minimum temperature above which… read more here.
Keywords: leaf unfolding; species temporal; gdd models; herbaceous species ... See more keywords