Phenology of a northern hardwood forest canopy

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1174-1188

  Richardson, Andrew D ^a,b   Bailey, Amey Schenck ^b   Denny, Ellen G ^c   Martin, C Wayne ^a   O'Keefe, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bud break; Climate change; Growing season length; Harvard Forest; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Leaf fall; Leaf out; Northern hardwood forest; Phenology; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST CANOPY; GLOBAL CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; SENESCENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 33745198651     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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