Herbarium specimens demonstrate earlier flowering times in response to warming in Boston

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1260-1264

  Primack, Daniel ^a   Imbres, Carolyn ^a   Primack, Richard B ^a   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^a   Del Tredici, Peter ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Arboretum; Climate change; Flowering times; Herbarium specimens; Phenology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; HERBARIUM; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10644296263     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.8.1260     Document Type: Article

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