Flowering phenology of tree rhododendron along an elevation gradient in two sites in the Eastern Himalayas

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 225-240

  Ranjitkar, Sailesh ^a,b   Luedeling, Eike ^c   Shrestha, Krishna Kumar ^d   Guan, Kaiyun ^a   Xu, Jianchu ^a,c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Early flowering; Initial flowering; Partial least squares (PLS); Rhododendron arboreum; Soil moisture; Winter warming

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM;

EID: 84874001167     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0548-4     Document Type: Article

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