Apple (Malus pumila var. domestica) phenology is advancing due to rising air temperature in northern Japan

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2651-2660

  Fujisawa, Mariko ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Apple; Budding; Flowering; Global warming; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUD; CROP PLANT; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

JAPAN;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77956233004     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02126.x     Document Type: Article

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