Herbarium specimens, photographs, and field observations show philadelphia area plants are responding to climate change

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-756

  Panchen, Zoe A ^a   Primack, Richard B ^b   Aniśko, Tomasz ^c   Lyons, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Horticulture Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Field observations; Flowering time; Greater Philadelphia; Herbarium specimens; Phenology; Photographic images; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIELD SURVEY; FLOWERING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERBARIUM; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPH; SPECIMEN BANK; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BOTANY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERS; LINEAR MODELS; PHILADELPHIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860567172     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100198     Document Type: Article

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