Earlier plant flowering in spring as a response to global warming in the Washington, DC, area

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 597-612

  Abu Asab, Mones S ^a   Peterson, Paul M ^b   Shetler, Stanwyn G ^b   Orli, Sylvia S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

First flowering; Global warming; Minimum temperature; Spring flowering; Washington DC

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; SPRING (SEASON);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035005948     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016667125469     Document Type: Article

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