Analysis of changes in flowering phases and airborne pollen dispersion of the genus betula (birch)

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Veriankaite, Laura ^a   Šauliene, Ingridac ^a   Bukantis, Arunas ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b IAULIAI UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aeropalynology; Betula (birch); Climate change; Dispersion; Flowering; Lithuania; Phenology; Pollen

Indexed keywords

AEROPALYNOLOGY; AIRBORNE POLLENS; INTERPRETATION OF DATA; LITHUANIA; POLLEN PRODUCTION; STATISTIC METHOD;

DISPERSIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BETULA;

EID: 77954016523     PISSN: 16486897     EISSN: 18224199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/jeelm.2010.16     Document Type: Article

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