Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: An examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1821-1829

  Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^a,b   Inouye, David W ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Boraginaceae; Climate change; Delphinium; Flower abundance; Flowering phenology; Frost; Global warming; Mertensia; Ranunculaceae; Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWER; FROST; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATOR; SNOWMELT; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

BORAGINACEAE; CILIOPHORA; DELPHINIUM; MERTENSIA (ANGIOSPERM); MERTENSIA CILIATA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 70349897463     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800411     Document Type: Article

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