The role of botanical gardens in climate change research: Tansley review

New Phytologist

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-313

  Primack, Richard B ^a   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^b,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b National Phenology Network   (United States)

^c Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboretums; Botanical gardens and herbaria; Climate change; Flowering times; Invasive species; Phenology; Phylogenetics; Specimens; Stomata

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FLOWERING; HERBARIUM; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATA; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARDENING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GARDENING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 63449097830     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02800.x     Document Type: Review

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