Flowering and fruiting phenology of 24 plant species on the north slope of Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest)

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Zhang, Liyun ^a   Turkington, Roy ^b   Tang, Ya ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; Global warming; Phenology; Qinghai Tibet plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549106587     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-1107-2     Document Type: Article

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