Species-level phenological responses to 'global warming' as evidenced by herbarium collections in the Tibetan Autonomous Region

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-152

  Li, Zhongrong ^a   Wu, Ning ^a,b   Gao, Xinfen ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Oli, Krishna P ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Flowering phenology; Herbarium specimens; Mixed model; Tibet autonomous region

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; HERBARIUM; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84871508070     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0408-x     Document Type: Article

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