Our hearts yearn for spring temperatures, spring flowers and, most importantly, spring foods.
Another example comes from pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca where selection on breeding time is driven by spring temperatures during the arrival period of offspring and where these spring temperatures change due to climate change (M.E. Visser, P. Gienapp, A. Husby, M. Morrissey, I. de la Hera, F. Pulido, and C. Both, unpublished data).
Higher spring temperatures mean that insects, the birds' food, reach their peak abundance earlier.
Even moderately low spring temperatures of 20C can cause our railways to flag.
And guides who regularly lead skiing expeditions to the pole say spring temperatures are rising.
THE balmy spring temperatures encourage a more relaxed attitude among the skiers.
This shift correlated with increased spring temperatures in the study area.
Spring temperatures strongly influence plant phenology, including budburst, canopy development, and crop planting period.
Flowering times from the different sites illustrated the differing effects of contrasting winter and spring temperatures.
Additionally, 1893 was characterized by anomalously warm spring temperatures which may have facilitated vegetation flammability.
Losses varied between regions and low spring temperatures were also linked to higher bee losses in Wales.
