Spring and summer patterns in flowering onset, duration, and constancy across a water-limited gradient

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1137-1147

  Crimmins, Theresa M ^a,b   Crimmins, Michael A ^b   David Bertelsen, C ^b  

^a National Phenology Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Climate change; Elevation gradient; Flowering constancy; Phenology; Plant climate interactions; Semi arid environment

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANNUAL PLANT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ELEVATION GRADIENT; FLOWER; FLOWERING CONSTANCY; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS; SEASON; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION GRADIENT; FLOWERING CONSTANCY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS; SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARIZONA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; FLOWERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878873001     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200633     Document Type: Article

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