Variation in timing and abundance of flowering by Delphinium barbeyi Huth (Ranunculaceae): The roles of snowpack, frost, and La Niña, in the context of climate change

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-550

  Inouye, David W ^a,b   Morales, Manuel A ^c   Dodge, Gary J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Delphinium barbeyi; Flowering; Frost; Larkspur

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; FROST; LA NINA; PHENOLOGY; SNOWPACK;

UNITED STATES;

DELPHINIUM; DELPHINIUM BARBEYI; RANUNCULACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0036934301     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-001-0835-y     Document Type: Article

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