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February 2, 2025
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More than Just Chilling and Forcing: Deconstructing the Climate Windows and Drivers of Leaf Emergence and Fall in Woody Plant Species

Publicated to: Forests. 16 (1): 175- - 2025-01-01 16(1), DOI: 10.3390/f16010175

Authors:

Rubio-Cuadrado, A; Camarero, JJ
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Affiliations

Inst Pirena Ecol IPE CSIC, Avda Montanana 1005, E-50080 Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Montes Forestal & Medio Na, Dept Sistemas & Recursos Nat, Ciudad Univ S N, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Climate warming is impacting vegetation productivity and plant leaf phenology, but the precise climate drivers and windows of key leaf phenological phases, such as emergence and fall, are still not well understood. Recent intensive computational approaches based on pinpointing the optimal climate window of leaf phenophases by maximizing the signal could help to advance in this question. In this study, we assess the climate variables, the climate windows, and the type of relationship (linear or nonlinear) that drive leaf emergence and fall in 21 deciduous and 13 evergreen woody plant species inhabiting two sites in Mediterranean Spain. We used precipitation, solar radiation, and different temperature measures, including forcing and chilling, as climate variables. We found that forcing variables were the best predictors of leaf phenology, but other temperature variables, as well as precipitation and radiation, were also important. However, chilling was not a good predictor. Most selected models showed nonlinear relationships. The best thresholds for calculating forcing were different from those commonly used. In addition, the best climate window for leaf phenology was species-specific and contingent on climatic and phenological conditions. This optimum climate window often covered longer periods than those usually considered in phenology studies. Our approach could be used to assess and better forecast future plant phenological responses to climate warming.
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Keywords

AbioticBud-burstBudbreakClimate driverClimate warmingDormancDormancyEventsFeedbacksForcingsLeaf emergenceLeaf fallLeaf phenologyLeaf sheddingPhenologyPhytochemistryPlant diseasesPlantsPrecipitationResponsesSenescenceSpring phenologyTemperatureTreeVariablesWindowsWoody plants species

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Forests due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Forestry.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/91947/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 38
  • Downloads: 19
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RUBIO CUADRADO, ALVARO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RUBIO CUADRADO, ALVARO.

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Awards linked to the item

This research was funded by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM, Madrid, Spain), grant number RCMS-22-G1T6IW-17-NLHJ80, and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (Spain), grant numbers PID2021-123675OB-C43 and TED2021-129770B-C21.
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