Climate changes and trends in phenology of woody and herb plants in Inner Mongolia, 1981-2010

摘要

The phenology of plants is a comprehensive reflection of seasonal chmatological and ecological conditions and may be used as an indicator of climate change (Thomas et al. 2000; Volker and Annette 2004; Li et al. 2005). Analysis was made of the dates of sprouting, flowering and defoliating of woody and herb plants observed on 24 Agricultural Meteorological Stations in Inner Mongolia, China from 1980 to 2010. To assess the potential future change data was analysed for the 2011 to 2050 period using theEngland Hadley Climate Centre scenario (Wei et al. 2012).