Effects of changes in spring temperature on flowering dates of woody plants across China

Botanical Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-161

  Lu, Pei Ling ^a   Yu, Qiang ^b   Liu, Jian Dong ^c   He, Qing Tang ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

China; Flowering date; Phenology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN; CERCIS CHINENSIS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SYRINGA; SYRINGA OBLATA;

EID: 33744831165     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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