Climatic influences on the flowering phenology of four Eucalypts: A GAMLSS approach

Abstract

Phenology involves the recording of recurring natural events such as the commencement of flowering or the arrival of migratory birds, and the influence on such events by edaphic and climatic factors. Analyses of phenological data have been used to examine the impacts of climate change. These studies, however, have thus far used data concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere. Indications are that long-term phenological studies, within any discipline, are limited in Australia. Datasets spanning a century or more such as are found in Europe are unlikely in Australia, given the short period of European settlement (e.g. since 1788 for Sydney, 1835 for Melbourne). Eucalypts form the focus of known A..