Male flowering of birch: Spatial synchronization, year-to-year variation and relation of catkin numbers and airborne pollen counts

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 643-650

  Ranta, Hanna ^a   Hokkanen, Tatu ^b   Linkosalo, Tapio ^c   Laukkanen, Liisa ^a   Bondestam, Kristoffer ^d   Oksanen, Annukka ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Betula; Flowering synchronization; Male catkin; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLOWERING SYNCHRONIZATION; MALE CATKIN; SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SILVICULTURE; SYNCHRONY;

BETULA; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 38949215083     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.040     Document Type: Article

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