The impact of climate change on cherry trees and other species in Japan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1943-1949

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

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Wildlife Society   (United States)

^d National Phenology Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherry trees; Climate change; Ecological mismatches; Global warming; Japan; Phenology; Prunus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCLIMATE; PHENOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; PRUNUS;

EID: 67949108038     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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