Effects of extreme spring temperatures on urban phenology and pollen production: A case study in Munich and Ingolstadt

Climate Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-112

  Jochner, Susanne C ^a   Beck, Isabelle ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a   Traidl Hoffmann, Claudia ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Betula pendula; Extreme events; Germany; Phenology; Pollen amount; Temperature sums; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; EXTREME EVENTS; GERMANY; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN AMOUNT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLERGY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DATE (TIME); DECIDUOUS TREE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOWERING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; INGOLSTADT; MUNICH;

AESCULUS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 80054082831     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01022     Document Type: Article

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