Flowering phenology in the central highland of Iceland and implications for climatic warming in the Arctic

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Thórhallsdóttir, Thóra Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Flowering phenology; Global warming; Iceland

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; PHENOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 2642591967     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050418     Document Type: Article

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