A new herbarium-based method for reconstructing the phenology of plant species across large areas

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-516

  Lavoie, Claude ^a   Lachance, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Climate change; Flowering times; Herbarium specimens; Phenology; Quebec; Tussilago farfara; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; HERBARIUM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOLOGY;

ASTERACEAE; TUSSILAGO; TUSSILAGO FARFARA;

EID: 33645546031     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.4.512     Document Type: Article

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