Has climatic warming altered spring flowering date of Sonoran Desert shrubs?

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-355

  Bowers, Janice E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 34648822299     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[347:HCWASF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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