Long-term changes in the frost-free season on the Canadian prairies

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1085-1091

  Cutforth, Herb ^a   O'Brien, E G ^b   Tuchelt, Jason ^b   Rickwood, Rick ^b  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroclimatic indices; Canadian prairies; Climate change; Frost free season; Last spring and first fall frost dates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FROST; GROWING SEASON; PHENOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244249972     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-169     Document Type: Article

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