20.500.12556/DiRROS-22492 Phenological trends of European beech stands along the Carpathian arc a 20-year MOD13Q1/MYD13Q1 based analysis European forests are severely threatened by rapid global climate change. Predicting the effects of climate change on the future performance of tree species can be enhanced by using geographical gradients as space-time proxies. This study focuses on analysing seasonal and inter-annual phenological trends for eight sites of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Carpathians along such geographical gradient. Using time series of the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2003 to 2022, derived from 16-day MODIS Terra and Aqua vegetation products, combined with meteorological parameters (temperature and precipitation) interpolated for a grid and Land Surface Temperature (LST) data from Landsat, we compared annual forest development at the study sites and extracted key phenological metrics (start, length, and end of the growing season) using the phenofit software package for R. Our results show varied responses of the studied forest sites to climate change. The end of season extended significantly at Soveja (slope = 0.50, p = 0.023). Spring temperatures had negative correlations with the start of season (r = -0.37) and autumn temperatures positive correlation with the end of season (r = 0.43). Understanding these patterns is crucial for developing adaptive forest management strategies in Carpathians. Carpathians European beech vegetation index MODIS land surface phenology time series Karpati Evropska bukev MODIS fenologija kopenske površine časovne vrste vegetacijski indeks true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-05-21 11:01:55 2025-05-21 11:01:55 2025-10-24 03:51:22 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 21. 5.2025; str. 1-16 iss. 1 [article no. 2506576] Vol. 58 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 630*18 2279-7254 10.1080/22797254.2025.2506576 236626947 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22797254.2025.2506576 1 3f75c8e8-3622-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32495 RAZ_Svik_M._2025.pdf RAZ_Svik_M._2025.pdf 1 1328A10FF5558A2A5E978F63BD8759FC dc57589fc045902ad0aa026ab9d617f4622bb96a8b85ffe711d1f5a9c4109cee 583de507-3622-11f0-963a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32496 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0