The Rate of Canopy Development Modulates the Link Between the Timing of Spring Leaf Emergence and Summer Moisture

Abstract

Phenology is a key control on forest function and a clear bio-indicator for global change (Cleland et al., 2007;Richardson et al., 2013). The timing of plant phenological events such as spring leaf emergence and autumn leaf senescence, which are largely determined by interannual climate variability, exert strong control over ecosystem processes including carbon (C) and water cycling (Piao et al., 2007;Richardson et al., 2013). Plant phenology also controls land-surface characteristics such as albedo (Hollinger et al., 2010), canopy conductance and roughness (Blanken &Black, 2004), and microclimate (Richardson &Schwartz & Karl, 1990). These surface characteristics regulate local energy cycling, thus playing a major role in mediating vegetation-climate

The forest, the cicadas and the holey fluxes: Periodical cicada impacts on soil respiration depends on tree mycorrhizal type

“…We established 800 m square loop transects (ca. 200 m per side) at sites following the National Phenological Network (NPN) and National Ecological Observation Network (NEON) protocols (Denham et al., 2023; Elmendorf et al., 2016). Transects contained ca.…”