data. Although there were some differences they concluded: “Because onset and end dates of the growing season were averaged over the entire Tibetan Plateau, the temporal resolution of the data was deemed sufficiently high for detailed analysis.” So they tested whether winter warming might affect the plants’ chilling requirements in this cold, highaltitude environment. They determined the beginn...

Non-native lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum), threaten native salmonid populations in the western United States. Effective management of lake trout requires understanding movements within connected lake and river systems. This study determined the seasonal movements of subadult lake trout in the Flathead River upstream of Flathead Lake, Montana, USA using radio telemetry. The spatiotem...

Climate warming is expected to lengthen growing seasons of temperate forest ecosystems and increase gross primary productivity. Simultaneously, warming is expected to increase summer ecosystem respiration, which could offset gains accrued from longer growing seasons. These responses have been observed during anomalously warm years, but the role of future climate change on phenological trade-off...

The interdecadal change of the winter-spring tropospheric temperature over Asia and its impact on South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM) onset are investigated in this study. SCSSM experiences a significant advance around mid-1990s, which is attributed to positive anomaly meridional gradient mid-upper troposphere May region. This can be traced back previous winter spring, mainly associated with...

Two large fish assemblages were recorded in the overwintering fishing grounds of East China Sea February and March 2017. In this study, available time series satellite-derived sea surface temperature, wind, chlorophyll a, reanalysis data used to explore relationships between observed aggregations environmental factors. The bottom waters abnormally warm winter 2017, then experienced significant ...

1. We examined the effects of variation in the timing of spring leaf production and autumn leaf fall on the survival, mortality and abundance of Cameraria hamadryadella on Quercus alba and Q. macrocarpu. 2. We monitored and manipulated the timing of foliation on field and potted Q.alba trees and observed the abundance of C. hamadryadella on those trees. We also monitored and manipulated the tim...

African black beetle, Heteronychus arator (Scarabaeidae), is an exotic pest of pastures in northern New Zealand. Both adults and larvae feed on pasture grasses. Adults disperse by walking (short range) or flying (long range). Dispersal flights are triggered by warm night temperatures in spring and autumn. Short range adult dispersal in search of mates, food or oviposition sites is poorly unders...

Since the late 1940s, annual average temperatures over the northwestern part of North America have increased by approximately 1°–2°C, with most pronounced warming in winter and spring (Karl et al. 1993; Dettinger et al. 1995; Lettenmaier et al. 1994; Vincent et al. 1999). Largest increases occurred in March over western Canada and the interior Northwest of the United States (Fig. 1). While this...