The data set contains months of flowering from 11 guides to the Swedish flora published over a period of 220 years (1798-2018), focussing on 241 plant species (approximately 8% of the Swedish flora). These species were a combination of randomly-selected common and widespread species (n=199) and species for which the species’ Swedish or binomial scientific name indicates that it is related to flowering phenology, or are species for which the public is encouraged to report data for the Swedish phenology network (n=42). These data were used to test whether broad changes in flowering phenology (start, cessation and length) over time and in response to climate warming were detectable from these historical sources.

Data contains personal data

Language

English

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

1798 – 2018

Variables

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Data collection

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Ecology

Funding 1

Funding agency: Swedish research council Formas
Funding agency's reference number: 2015-1065
Project name on the application: Responses in floral diversity and distributions to changes in land use and climate

Funding 2

Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
Funding agency's reference number: 2020-04276
Project name on the application: Interacting effects of land-use and climate change on biodiversity

Topic and keywords

Research area

Earth and related environmental sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Climate research (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Natural sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Biological sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Phenology, Flowering date, Climate change impact

Publications

Auffret, A.G. (2021). Historical floras reflect broad shifts in flowering phenology in response to a warming climate, Ecosphere. 12 (7), e03683.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3683

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Published: 2021-07-06

Last updated: 2022-06-30