A comparison among olive flowering trends in different Mediterranean areas (south-central Italy) in relation to meteorological variations

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 339-347

  Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Sgromo, Carlo ^a   Bonofiglio, Tommaso ^a   Ruga, Luigia ^a   Romano, Bruno ^a   Fornaciari, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOWERING; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALYNOLOGY; PHENOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 68349087951     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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