Scoping the budding and climate impacts on Eucalypt flowering: Nonlinear time series decomposition modelling

Abstract

Often a phenophase such as flowering is considered in isolation. However, the timing of each phenophase is influenced by the previous (e.g. bud development rate influences the quantity and timing of flowering). This relationship has rarely been examined for eucalypts. In eucalypts, the development of buds often commences in a different season or, if in the same season, in different years, Climate influences on budding are therefore different to flowering. The effects of climate on the flowering of species has been previously determined (Hudson and Keatley, 2010b; Hudson et al., 2010, 2011b; Keatley and Hudson, 2000). This study includes modelling the influence of buds, in addition to climate..