Plant responses to elevated temperatures: A field study on phenological sensitivity and fitness responses to simulated climate warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 456-465

  Springate, David A ^a   Kover, Paula X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Flowering time; Natural variation; Phenological sensitivity; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING TIME; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; NATURAL VARIATION; PHENOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FLOWERING TIME; NATURAL VARIATION; PHENOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY; PLASTICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENETIC FITNESS; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891662662     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12430     Document Type: Article

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