Phenological responses of snowbed species to snow removal dates in the Central Alps: Implications for climate warming

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-103

  Huelber, Karl ^a   Gottfried, Michael ^a   Pauli, Harald ^a   Reiter, Karl ^a   Winkler, Manuela ^b   Grabherr, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33244480328     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0099:PROSST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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