Potential of herbarium records to sequence phenological pattern: A case study of Aconitum heterophyllum in the Himalaya

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2201-2210

  Gaira, Kailash S ^a   Dhar, Uppeandra ^b   Belwal, O K ^c  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aconitum heterophyllum; Early flowering; Generalized Additive Model; Herbarium specimens; Indian Himalayan Region; Phenology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ELEVATION; FLOWERING; HERB; HERBARIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; SPECIMEN BANK; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

ACONITUM; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM;

EID: 79960988126     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0082-4     Document Type: Article

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