Biological indicators of climate change: Evidence from long-term flowering records of plants along the Victorian coast, Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-439

  Rumpff, Libby ^a   Coates, Fiona ^b   Morgan, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE; DATABASE; FIELD SURVEY; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; HERBARIUM; HISTORICAL RECORD; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77956495689     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10053     Document Type: Article

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