dc.contributor.author |
Mesfin, Woldearegay |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-07-05T12:30:47Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-07-05T12:30:47Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-04-12 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
https://doi.org/10.22271/tpr.2020.v7.i1.025 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://etd.dbu.edu.et:80/handle/123456789/954 |
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dc.description |
Tropical Plant Research 7(1), 2020, 196–204. |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper reviews about the impacts of climate change on plant distribution and
phenology. The existence of climate change is confirmed by various evidences from different
sources that can be used to reconstruct past climates. Some of these facts are obtained from
temperature measurements, glaciers retreat, arctic sea ice decline, sea level rise and variability of
precipitation in different parts of the world. Empirical evidences have also indicated that climate
change affects life on earth in many ways. On plants, some of the most important climate change
impacts include, the change in phenological characteristics like flowering time, species
distributions and richness as well as the composition of assemblages. Plant species have responded
to climate change by range shifting and increasing species richness on alpine summits, as well as
by altering the time of leafing, flowering and fruiting. Evolutionary adaptation could be an
important way for natural populations to counterbalance rapid climate change. Adaptive changes
are likely to influence the ability of species to take advantage of potentially favorable conditions
arising from climate change. Plant species can also adjust to new conditions through phenotypic
plasticity. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
TROPICAL PLANT RESEARCH The Journal of the Society for Tropical Plant Research |
en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
: 2349-1183; ISSN (Print): 2349-9265; |
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dc.subject |
: Climate change - Evolutionary adaptation - Phenology - Plant distribution. |
en_US |
dc.title |
Climate change impacts on the distribution and phenology of plants: A review |
en_US |