Onset of summer flowering in a 'Sky Island' is driven by monsoon moisture

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 468-479

  Crimmins, Theresa M ^a   Crimmins, Michael A ^a   Bertelsen, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona (USA); Climate change; Elevation gradient; First flowering date; Phenology; Plant climate interactions; Semi arid environment

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOWERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MONSOON; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FLOWER; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ARIZONA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FLOWERS; HUMIDITY; LINEAR MODELS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959822583     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03705.x     Document Type: Article

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