Research Article
Variation of Main Phenophases in Phenological Calendar in East China and Their Response to Climate Change
Table 3
Division of phenological seasons for 1987–1996 and 2003–2012.
| Station | Season | Species | Phenophase | Beginning time (1987–1996) | Beginning time (2003–2012) | Season length (1987–1996) | Season length (2003–2012) |
| Shanghai | Spring | Jasminum nudiflorum | FF | 43 | 40 | 78 | 76 | Summer | Robinia pseudoacacia | FF | 121 | 116 | 153 | 174 | Autumn | Platanus acerifolia | BLF | 274 | 290 | 64 | 62 | Winter | Magnolia denudata | ELF | 338 | 352 | 70 | 53 |
| Nanjing | Spring | Salix babylonica | FL | 54 | 53 | 61 | 61 | Summer | Robinia pseudoacacia | FF | 115 | 114 | 165 | 168 | Autumn | Hibiscus syriacus | EF | 280 | 282 | 66 | 67 | Winter | Pterocarya stenoptera | ELF | 346 | 349 | 73 | 69 |
| Hefei | Spring | Ulmus pumila | FF | 58 | 56 | 58 | 52 | Summer | Robinia pseudoacacia | FF | 116 | 108 | 155 | 164 | Autumn | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | BLF | 271 | 272 | 58 | 73 | Winter | Pterocarya stenoptera | ELF | 329 | 345 | 94 | 76 |
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Unit of beginning time: day of the year, DOY.
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