Phenological changes in six Australian subalpine plants in response to experimental warming and year-to-year variation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 927-937

  Hoffmann, Ary A ^a   Camac, James S ^c   Williams, Richard J ^d   Papst, Warwick ^b   Jarrad, Frith C ^a   Wahren, Carl Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flowering; ITEX; Phenology; Subalpine plants; Temperature variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; MATURATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; SEED; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS;

ASTEROLASIA; CAREX BREVICULMIS; CRASPEDIA; ERIGERON; POA; POA HIEMATA;

EID: 77954725470     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01667.x     Document Type: Article

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