Comparison of methods to study plant phenological patterns. The case of Halimium atriplicifolium (Cistaceae)

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-78

  Castro Díez, Pilar ^a   Milla Gutiérrez, Rubén ^b   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistaceae, Halimium atriplicifolium; Mediterraenan; Phenology, quantitative phenology, qualitative phenology, litter collectors, methods, sampling effort

Indexed keywords

CISTACEAE; HALIMIUM; HALIMIUM ATRIPLICIFOLIUM;

EID: 0043013087     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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