Accounting for correlated error structure within phenological data: A case study of trend analysis of snowdrop flowering

Phenological Research: Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 271-298

  Kelly, Natalie ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Correlated data; England; Galanthus nivalis L; Phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952588791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3335-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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