Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years
Understanding how natural ecosystems are and will be responding to climate change is one of the primary goals of ecological research. Plant phenology is accepted as one of the most sensitive bioindicators of climate change due to its strong interactions with climate dynamics, and a vast number of st...
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| author | Tuğçe Şenel Oğuzhan Kanmaz Filiz Bektas Balcik Meral Avcı H. Nüzhet Dalfes |
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| description | Understanding how natural ecosystems are and will be responding to climate change is one of the primary goals of ecological research. Plant phenology is accepted as one of the most sensitive bioindicators of climate change due to its strong interactions with climate dynamics, and a vast number of studies from all around the world present evidence considering phenological shifts as a response to climatic changes. Land surface phenology (LSP) is also a valuable tool in the absence of observational phenology data for monitoring the aforementioned shift responses. Our aim was to investigate the phenological shifts of <i>Fagus orientalis</i> forests in Turkey by means of daily MODIS surface reflectance data (MOD09GA) for the period between 2002 and 2020. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was calculated for the entire Turkey extent. This extent was then masked for <i>F. orientalis</i>. These “<i>Fagus</i> pixels” were then filtered by a minimum of 80% spatial and an annual 20% temporal coverage. A combination of two methods was applied to the time series for smoothing and reconstruction and the start of season (SOS), end of season, and length of season parameters were extracted. Trends in these parameters over the 19-year period were analyzed. The results were in concert with the commonly reported earlier SOS pattern, by a Sen’s slope of −0.8 days year<sup>−1</sup>. Lastly, the relationships between SOS and mean, maximum and minimum temperature, growing degree days (GDD), and chilling hours (CH) were investigated. Results showed that the most significant correlations were found between the mean SOS trend and accumulated CH and accumulated GDD with a base temperature of 2 °C, both for the February–March interval. The immediate need for a phenological observation network in Turkey and its region is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5ea97c399c4412f9d667fb42b8a9e4a2023-11-16T20:35:37ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-02-0114241310.3390/f14020413Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 YearsTuğçe Şenel0Oğuzhan Kanmaz1Filiz Bektas Balcik2Meral Avcı3H. Nüzhet Dalfes4Department of Climate and Marine Sciences, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, TurkeyDepartment of Climate and Marine Sciences, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, TurkeyDepartment of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, TurkeyDepartment of Geography, Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34459, TurkeyDepartment of Climate and Marine Sciences, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 34469, TurkeyUnderstanding how natural ecosystems are and will be responding to climate change is one of the primary goals of ecological research. Plant phenology is accepted as one of the most sensitive bioindicators of climate change due to its strong interactions with climate dynamics, and a vast number of studies from all around the world present evidence considering phenological shifts as a response to climatic changes. Land surface phenology (LSP) is also a valuable tool in the absence of observational phenology data for monitoring the aforementioned shift responses. Our aim was to investigate the phenological shifts of <i>Fagus orientalis</i> forests in Turkey by means of daily MODIS surface reflectance data (MOD09GA) for the period between 2002 and 2020. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was calculated for the entire Turkey extent. This extent was then masked for <i>F. orientalis</i>. These “<i>Fagus</i> pixels” were then filtered by a minimum of 80% spatial and an annual 20% temporal coverage. A combination of two methods was applied to the time series for smoothing and reconstruction and the start of season (SOS), end of season, and length of season parameters were extracted. Trends in these parameters over the 19-year period were analyzed. The results were in concert with the commonly reported earlier SOS pattern, by a Sen’s slope of −0.8 days year<sup>−1</sup>. Lastly, the relationships between SOS and mean, maximum and minimum temperature, growing degree days (GDD), and chilling hours (CH) were investigated. Results showed that the most significant correlations were found between the mean SOS trend and accumulated CH and accumulated GDD with a base temperature of 2 °C, both for the February–March interval. The immediate need for a phenological observation network in Turkey and its region is discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/413MODISland surface phenologyNDVIphenological shift<i>Fagus orientalis</i>Turkey |
| spellingShingle | Tuğçe Şenel Oğuzhan Kanmaz Filiz Bektas Balcik Meral Avcı H. Nüzhet Dalfes Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years Forests MODIS land surface phenology NDVI phenological shift <i>Fagus orientalis</i> Turkey |
| title | Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years |
| title_full | Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years |
| title_short | Assessing Phenological Shifts of Deciduous Forests in Turkey under Climate Change: An Assessment for <i>Fagus orientalis</i> with Daily MODIS Data for 19 Years |
| title_sort | assessing phenological shifts of deciduous forests in turkey under climate change an assessment for i fagus orientalis i with daily modis data for 19 years |
| topic | MODIS land surface phenology NDVI phenological shift <i>Fagus orientalis</i> Turkey |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/2/413 |
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