Nonuniform response of vegetation phenology to daytime and nighttime warming in urban areas

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Title: Nonuniform response of vegetation phenology to daytime and nighttime warming in urban areas
Authors: JiHyun Kim, Soyoung Sohn, Zhuosen Wang, Yeonjoo Kim
Source: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Geology
LCC:Environmental sciences
Subject Terms: Geology, QE1-996.5, Environmental sciences, GE1-350
More Details: Abstract The phenological response of vegetation to changing climates requires exploration across environments, including urban areas with elevated daytime and nighttime temperatures (TD and TN) and artificial lights. Here, we analyzed multiple remotely-sensed datasets (2012–2021) from and around a highly-urbanized area, Seoul, in South Korea. While the urban fraction and artificial lights largely contributed to advancing the start-of-season (SOS) and delaying the end-of-season (EOS) (30.7–42.1%), SOS changes were more driven by TD (15.7%), whereas EOS changes were more attributed to TN (21.8%). A higher response of the SOS to TD was found in more urbanized areas with higher artificial lights, while the sensitivity of the EOS to TN increased in brighter areas during nighttime. These findings indicate that vegetation’s response to rising temperatures will become dynamic, given the potential constraints by light and other attributes, calling for further assessments of its implication for terrestrial ecosystems and carbon cycle.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2662-4435
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2662-4435
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01471-y
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c8a4fa7cb47641fb8e443b3faf5d0caf
Accession Number: edsdoj.8a4fa7cb47641fb8e443b3faf5d0caf
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:26624435
DOI:10.1038/s43247-024-01471-y
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Language:English