Phenological responses of plants to climate change in an urban environment

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-514

  Luo, Zhongkui ^a,c   Sun, Osbert J ^a   Ge, Quansheng ^b   Xu, Wenting ^a   Zheng, Jingyun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing Metropolis; Climate change; Phenology; Temperature indices; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; ONTOGENY; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WOODY PLANT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CERCIS CHINENSIS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SYRIACUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DAVIDIANA;

EID: 34248165622     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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