Increased autumn productivity permits temperate trees to compensate for spring frost damage

Increase in the risk of exposure of forest and fruit trees to spring frosts at higher elevations in Switzerland over the last four decades

(2018) Yann Vitasse et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Extension of the growing season increases vegetation exposure to frost

(2018) Qiang Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Asymmetric effects of cooler and warmer winters on beech phenology last beyond spring

(2017) Constant Signarbieux et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Convergence of leaf-out towards minimum risk of freezing damage in temperate trees

(2016) Armando Lenz et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Delayed autumn phenology in the Northern Hemisphere is related to change in both climate and spring phenology

(2016) Qiang Liu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Distribution ranges and spring phenology explain late frost sensitivity in 170 woody plants from the Northern Hemisphere

(2016) Lena Muffler et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Fast acclimation of freezing resistance suggests no influence of winter minimum temperature on the range limit of European beech

(2016) Armando Lenz et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Low resistance but high resilience in growth of a major deciduous forest tree (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to late spring frost in southern Germany

(2016) Adriana Príncipe et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

The timing of autumn senescence is affected by the timing of spring phenology: implications for predictive models

(2015) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Autumn, the neglected season in climate change research

(2015) Amanda S. Gallinat et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Common garden comparison of the leaf-out phenology of woody species from different native climates, combined with herbarium records, forecasts long-term change

(2014) Constantin M. Zohner et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Earlier leaf-out rather than difference in freezing resistance puts juvenile trees at greater risk of damage than adult trees

(2014) Yann Vitasse et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Variation in leaf flushing date influences autumnal senescence and next year's flushing date in two temperate tree species

(2014) Y. S. H. Fu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The interaction between freezing tolerance and phenology in temperate deciduous trees

(2014) Yann Vitasse et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Spring frost and growing season length co-control the cold range limits of broad-leaved trees

(2013) Chris Kollas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

European deciduous trees exhibit similar safety margins against damage by spring freeze events along elevational gradients

(2013) Armando Lenz et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ontogenic changes rather than difference in temperature cause understory trees to leaf out earlier

(2013) Yann Vitasse   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reconstructing patterns of temperature, phenology, and frost damage over 124 years: Spring damage risk is increasing

(2012) Carol K. Augspurger   ECOLOGY

Ecological impacts of a widespread frost event following early spring leaf-out

(2012) Koen Hufkens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The dynamic nature of bud dormancy in trees: environmental control and molecular mechanisms

(2012) JANICE E. K. COOKE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Spring 2007 warmth and frost: phenology, damage and refoliation in a temperate deciduous forest

(2009) Carol K. Augspurger   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The 2007 Eastern US Spring Freeze: Increased Cold Damage in a Warming World?

(2008) Lianhong Gu et al.   BIOSCIENCE