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growing degree days

Scope: climate
Papers: 22 | Mentions: 41

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Definition

Temperature accumulation metric calculated using averaging method with base temperature, used to predict insect phenology and plant development

Related Terms (11)

GDDPDDdegree daysthermal timedegree-daysGDDsGDDmeanthermal modelsdegree day accumulationgrowing degree day accumulation
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heat sums

Publications (23)

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Moss and vascular plant cover across elevational gradients in a changing alpine climate

2025measured
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Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciencesmeasured
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Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

2024Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological Responsesmeasured variable
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Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism

2024Journal of Animal Ecologymeasured
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Climate data from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (1975–2022)

2023Ecologymeasured
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Downscaled hyper-resolution (400 m) gridded datasets of daily precipitation and temperature (2008-2019) for East Taylor subbasin (western United States)

2022Earth System Science Data Discussionsmeasured variable
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Modeling Spatial Distribution of Snow Water Equivalent by Combining Meteorological and Satellite Data with Lidar Maps

2022Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systemsmeasured
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Dynamics of male inconstancy in <i> Valeriana edulis </i> in the abiotic and mating environment

2022measured
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Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

2022measured variable
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High-Resolution Snow-Covered Area Mapping in Forested Mountain Ecosystems Using PlanetScope Imagery

2022Remote Sensingmeasured variable
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Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

2021Global Change Biologycentral
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Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

2021Global Change Biologymeasured
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Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

2021Insectsmeasured
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Early snowmelt and warming independently drive the reproductive phenology of subalpine wildflowers

2020measured variable
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How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019measured variable
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Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American Naturalistmeasured
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Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx. with Climate

2017measured variable
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Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017measured
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Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of Botanymeasured
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Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013referenced
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Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change Biologymeasured
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An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological Monographsframework
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Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of <i>Erythronium grandiflorum</i> (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of Botanymeasured