Phenological stages of natural species and their use as climate indicators

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 124-133

  Spano, Donatella ^a   Cesaraccio, Carla ^a   Duce, Pierpaolo ^b   Snyder, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Degree days; Mediterranean species; Phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000693013     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050095     Document Type: Article

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