SIMURG
phenology
EN
n.
A segment of ecology focusing on the study of periodic plant and animal life-cycle events that are influenced by climate and seasonal change in the environment. 1
[...] phenology provides a constructive means in which to understand the relationship between the grapevine, and the environmental variability.
[...] Out of all cultivated plants, the grapevine is considered to be one of the most responsive to its surrounding environment [...]. As a result, grapevine phenology has become a central tool for a number of studies. Research that has become ever important, especially for the ‘new world’ wine producing countries, revolves around determining the grape-growing potential of new and different environments [...]. Essentially, an understanding of the phenology is imperative for determining the ability of a region to produce a cultivar within the confines of its climatic regime [...]. 2
Over the last two decades, the phenology of grapevines in Bordeaux has tended towards earlier phenological events, a shortening of phenological intervals, and a lengthening of the growing season. 3
UK [fᵻˈnɒlədʒi], US [fəˈnɑlədʒi] 4
From L. phaeno-, from Gk. phaino-, from phainein "to show" + -logy. from Gk. -logia (often via Fr. -logie or M.L. -logia), from root of legein "to speak;" thus, "the character or department of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject). 5
Università degli Studi di Genova, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Corso di Laurea in Teorie e Tecniche della Mediazione Interlinguistica
Roberta Ceria, rev.Chiara Barbagianni
1 : «http://clean-water.uwex.edu»; (03/08/2011)
2 : «https://sites.google.com»; (03/08/2011)
3 : «http://www.sou.edu»; (03/08/2011)
4 : http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/235540?redirectedFrom=phenology#eid (18/11/2011)
5 : «http://www.etymonline.com/»; (03/08/2011)