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T.H. Sparks · E.P. Jeffree · C.E. Jeffree

An examination of the relationship between flowering times and temperature at the national scale using long-term phenological records from the UK Received: 21 October 1999 / Revised: 27 January 2000 / Accepted: 27 January 2000

Abstract This paper examines the mean flowering times of 11 plant species in the British Isles over a 58-year period, and the flowering times of a further 13 (and leafing time of an additional 1) for a reduced period of 20 years. Timings were compared to Central England temperatures and all 25 phenological events were significantly related (P