Advance of apple and pear tree full bloom dates in response to climate change in the southwestern Cape, South Africa: 1973-2009

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Grab, Stefan ^a   Craparo, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apples and pears; Climate change; Full bloom; Southwestern Cape

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; FRUITING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 78651438611     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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