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| Phenology of desert plants from an arid gravel plain in eastern United Arab Emirates | |
| Sakkir Sabitha; Shah Junid N; Cheruth Abdul J; Kabshawi Maher | |
| 来源期刊 | Journal of Arid Land
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| ISSN | 1674-6767 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 卷号 | 7期号:1页码:54-62 |
| 英文摘要 | Phenological events for desert plants were recorded and rainfall and temperature data were gathered over a three-year time scale at a gravel plain in the eastern region of the United Arab Emirates. Variations of phenological periods were analyzed and correlations between phenological periods and climate factors were discussed. The study showed that the growth and flowering of therophytes were significantly correlated with air temperature. The timing and abundance of rainfall came to be another factor significantly correlated with the onset and duration of chamaephyte flowering as well as the duration of therophyte growth and flowering. The variation in rainfall did not affect the onset of flowering in phanerophytes. Peak growing seasons were from November to March and flowering from November to December (also February to March depending on the availability of rainfall). Flowering in phanerophytes and chamaephytes occurs 4-6 weeks and in therophytes 4-8 weeks after rain. The results showed that variations in growth and phenology between species were correlated with environmental factors, such as temperature and rainfall or, maybe, differences in life form and photosynthetic pathways, each being adapted for utilizing a particular phase of the seasonally and yearly variable rainfall. The sequence of flowering for the species under study was more or less constant despite the difference in the amount of rainfall. The fruiting patterns of most of the species were also found parallel to their flowering patterns. Our results emphasized the need to study multiple species at many sites for the understanding and forecast of regional changes in phenology. |
| 英文关键词 | desert plants phenology temperature rainfall United Arab Emirates |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 开放获取类型 | Bronze |
| 收录类别 | CSCD |
| WOS研究方向 | Plant Sciences |
| CSCD记录号 | CSCD:5390460 |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/335471 |
| 作者单位 | Sakkir Sabitha, Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, 45553, United Arab Emirates.; Shah Junid N, Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, 45553, United Arab Emirates.; Kabshawi Maher, Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector, Wildlife Assessment and Conservation, Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, 45553, United Arab Emirates.; Cheruth Abdul J, Department of Aridland Agriculture, College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, United Arab Emirates. |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sakkir Sabitha,Shah Junid N,Cheruth Abdul J,et al. Phenology of desert plants from an arid gravel plain in eastern United Arab Emirates[J],2015,7(1):54-62. |
| APA | Sakkir Sabitha,Shah Junid N,Cheruth Abdul J,&Kabshawi Maher.(2015).Phenology of desert plants from an arid gravel plain in eastern United Arab Emirates.Journal of Arid Land,7(1),54-62. |
| MLA | Sakkir Sabitha,et al."Phenology of desert plants from an arid gravel plain in eastern United Arab Emirates".Journal of Arid Land 7.1(2015):54-62. |
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