Predicting the impact of global warming on the timing of spring flowering

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1599-1613

  Clark, Robert Malcolm ^a   Thompson, Roy ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; First flowering; Global warming; Growth degree days; Onset of spring; Phenology; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

FIRST FLOWERING; GROWTH DEGREE-DAYS; ONSET OF SPRING; PHENOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODELS;

GLOBAL WARMING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77956501106     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2004     Document Type: Article

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