Citizen Science: Linking the recent rapid advances of plant flowering in Canada with climate variability

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Wu, Chaoyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE;

CANADA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880767300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02239     Document Type: Article

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