Winter chilling, spring forcing temperature and photoperiod are the most important drivers explaining spatial temporal variability of phenology in temperate trees. However, how these factors interact with each other on dormancy release budburst date remains unclear varies greatly depending species. Our knowledge is also limited as to whether heat accumulation temperatures that trigger bud break...

Modern climatic changes, namely significant warming in the northern Forest-Steppe and Polissia zones of Ukraine, provide opportunities for growing a number grain leguminous crops (maize grain, soybeans, sunflower, others), previously unusual this region. Among above-mentioned crops, soybean is crop that can significantly improve nitrogen balance soil without use mineral fertilizers; its cultiva...

Frost hardiness (FH) is one of the key traits that limits distribution tree species in north. Different and ecotypes respond differently to drivers frost hardening may therefore have different survival capacities, especially their northern range. Several southern such as pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), Norway maple (Acer platanoides mountain elm (Ulmus glabra Hudson) natural limit Southern ...

The introduction of tree species raises the question whether they find suitable conditions in their secondary range and can successfully adapt to new context an unstable climate. Stem growth trees changes xylem cell structure make it possible trace adaptation process climate on inter- intra-seasonal scale. objective this study was determine seven non-native conifer Central Europe differ sensiti...

The results of several recent investigations indicate that length of day or photoperiod is an important factor in determining the length of growing season in certain species of woody plants. The short days of late summer and autumn stop stem elongation and the production of new leaves in a number of species long before temperatures are low enough to check growth. This has been strikingly demons...

The blossoms of the almond tree are very susceptible to frost. -As the almond blooms earlier than other orchard fruits it is often subjected to much more severe frosts than occur during the blooming period of the later fruits. As a result of this tenderness of the blossoms and the early period of blooming the crop secured is materially decreased. With the hope of improving our present varietie...

Intensively managed agricultural landscapes have degraded the provisioning of diverse and continuous forage shelter habitats for arthropods weakened delivery ecosystem services such as insect crop pollination biological pest control. In response, farmers are incentivised to sow flower strips along field margins counteract resource bottlenecks. Yet, it is poorly understood how effective this div...

British Journal of General Practice, August 2015 435 InTroduCTIon Although a native of southern Europe, the thermophilic oak processionary moth (OPM, Thaumetopoea processionea) is expanding its prevalence to encompass Central and Northern Europe. Roughly, over the past decade, the moth’s range has spread northwards and the species has now became established in the warmer regions of Northern Fra...