Contemporary changes of climate in Poland: Trends and variation in thermal and solar conditions related to plant vegetation

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-297

  Kozuchowski, Krzysztof ^a   Degirmendžić, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate changes in Poland; Climatic water balance; Evapotranspiration; Thermal seasons; Vegetation season

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

EID: 26844577924     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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