Shifts in the flowering phenology of the northern Great Plains: Patterns over 100 years

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 935-945

  Dunnell, Kelsey L ^a   Travers, Steven E ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flowering; Minnesota; North Dakota; Phenology; Prairie

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; FLOWERING; GROWING SEASON; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NORTH DAKOTA; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

FARGO; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH DAKOTA; RED RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052320211     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000363     Document Type: Article

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