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33
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10986
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7738
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398

Overview

Nicole Estrella is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on various interconnected subfields and topics.

The main fields of study covered by Estrella include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of study are:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Ecology

Key topics addressed in Estrella's work consist of:

  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Estrella has coauthored multiple publications with the following frequent collaborators:

  • Annette Menzel (16 publications)
  • Wael Ghada (6 publications)
  • Ye Yuan (5 publications)
  • Stephan Jung (4 publications)
  • Robert Dunn (3 publications)

Publications involving Estrella have appeared commonly in these venues:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (3 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (3 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (2 publications)
  • Remote Sensing (2 publications)
  • Global Change Biology (1 publication)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Estrella include:

  • Climate change fingerprints in recent European plant phenology, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Global Climate, 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Effects of weather, air pollution and Oktoberfest on ambulance-transported emergency department admissions in Munich, Germany, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A First Pre-season Pollen Transport Climatology to Bavaria, Germany, 2021, Frontiers in Allergy
  • High post-season Alnus pollen loads successfully identified as long-range transport of an alpine species, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern

    Annette Menzel;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Elisabeth Koch

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change

    Cynthia Rosenzweig;David Karoly;Marta Vicarelli;Peter Neofotis

  • Chilling outweighs photoperiod in preventing precocious spring development.

    Julia Laube;Tim H. Sparks;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Josef Höfler

  • Changes to Airborne Pollen Counts across Europe

    Chiara Ziello;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Jordina Belmonte

  • Spatial and temporal variability of the phenological seasons in Germany from 1951 to 1996

    Annette Menzel;Nicole Estrella;Peter Fabian

  • Climate change fingerprints in recent European plant phenology

    Annette Menzel;Ye Yuan;Michael Matiu;Tim Sparks

  • Trends and temperature response in the phenology of crops in Germany

    Nicole Estrella;Tim H. Sparks;Annette Menzel

  • Altered geographic and temporal variability in phenology in response to climate change

    A. Menzel;T. H. Sparks;N. Estrella;D. B. Roy

  • Responses of leaf colouring in four deciduous tree species to climate and weather in Germany

    Nicole Estrella;Annette Menzel

  • VARIATIONS OF THE CLIMATOLOGICAL GROWING SEASON (1951-2000) IN GERMANY COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

    Annette Menzel;Gert Jakobi;Rein Ahas;Helfried Scheifinger

  • Exceptional European warmth of autumn 2006 and winter 2007: Historical context, the underlying dynamics, and its phenological impacts

    Jiirg Luterbacher;Mark A. Liniger;Annette Menzel;Nicole Estrella

  • Changes in the phenology and composition of wine from Franconia, Germany

    Anna Bock;Tim Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Annette Menzel

  • Integration of flowering dates in phenology and pollen counts in aerobiology: analysis of their spatial and temporal coherence in Germany (1992–1999)

    Nicole Estrella;Annette Menzel;Ursula Krämer;Heidrun Behrendt

  • Changes in first flowering dates and flowering duration of 232 plant species on the island of Guernsey.

    Anna Bock;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Nigel Jee

  • The influence of altitude and urbanisation on trends and mean dates in phenology (1980–2009)

    Susanne C. Jochner;Tim H. Sparks;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Annette Menzel

  • Influence of altitude on phenology of selected plant species in the Alpine region (1971-2000)

    Chiara Ziello;Nicole Estrella;Mariya Kostova;Elisabeth Koch

  • Temperature response rates from long-term phenological records

    Annette Menzel;Nicole Estrella;Astrid Testka

  • 'SSW to NNE' - North Atlantic Oscillation affects the progress of seasons across Europe

    Annette Menzel;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;S. Eckhardt

  • Climate-induced changes in grapevine yield and must sugar content in Franconia (Germany) between 1805 and 2010.

    Anna Bock;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Annette Menzel

  • Spatial and temporal variability of the phenological seasons in Germany from 1951 to 1996: CHANGES IN PHENOLOGICAL SEASONS IN GERMANY

    Annette Menzel;Nicole Estrella;Peter Fabian

Frequent Co-Authors

Annette Menzel
Annette Menzel Technical University of Munich
Tim H. Sparks
Tim H. Sparks University of Cambridge
Heidrun Behrendt
Heidrun Behrendt Technical University of Munich
Rein Ahas
Rein Ahas University of Tartu
Michael W. Pfaffl
Michael W. Pfaffl Technical University of Munich
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann Technical University of Munich
David J. Karoly
David J. Karoly Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Matt Smith
Matt Smith University of Worcester
Carmen Galán
Carmen Galán University of Córdoba

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