The effects of climate change in Switzerland 1969–1996 on airborne pollen quantities from hazel, birch and grass

Grana

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-179

  Frei, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

BETULA; CORYLUS;

EID: 0032432167     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173139809362662     Document Type: Article

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