Impact of future warming on winter chilling in Australia

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-366

  Darbyshire, Rebecca ^a   Webb, Leanne ^a,b   Goodwin, Ian ^c   Barlow, E W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Victorian Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fruit; Nut; Vernalisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 84876120488     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0558-2     Document Type: Article

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