Shifting seasons: Long-term crop dynamics across agroclimatic regions of Czechia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2025.22" target="_blank" >10.14712/23361980.2025.22</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Shifting seasons: Long-term crop dynamics across agroclimatic regions of Czechia

Original language description

This study analyzes the evolution of phenological (start-of-season, end-of-season, length-of-season, day of maximum-of-season) and productivity (small and large seasonal integrals) parameters for six major crop types in Czechia (winter cereals, spring cereals, winter rapeseed, fodder crops, sugar beetroot, and corn), using a 35-year Landsat time series (1986-2020). The leaf area index (LAI) was retrieved using an artificial neural network regression model trained on PROSAIL radiative transfer simulations and validated with extensive in situ measurements collected in 2017 and 2018 in the lowlands of Central Bohemia. The supervised classification of Landsat quarterly composites enabled the identification of crop spatial patterns for each growing season. Phenological and productivity indicators were then derived from LAI time series aggregated at the level of ten agro-climatic regions using the threshold approach. Changes in phenological and productivity parameters over the examined period were assessed through the linear least squares regression analysis and the significance of trends was tested. Results revealed significant negative trends in the end-of-season and day of maximum-of-season for winter and spring cereals, winter rapeseed (up to-0.7 days/year), and fodder crops (up to-1.6 days/year), indicating an earlier maturation and harvest. Significant differences in trends in phenological and productivity parameters were observed between agro-climatic regions in more than 40% of cases, and the response was observed to be highly crop-specific. While the shift in harvest dates and the shortening of the season for corn and fodder crops were more pronounced in warmer regions, the shift in winter rapeseed phenology occurred more rapidly in colder regions. The findings underscore the relevance of crop type and regional climate in shaping phenological responses, offering a basis for future research and planning of agricultural adaptation strategies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Geographica

ISSN

0300-5402

e-ISSN

2336-1980

Volume of the periodical

60

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

233-253

UT code for WoS article

001644056800007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105032537853