Shifting and extension of phenological periods with increasing temperature along elevational transects in Southern Bavaria

Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 332-344

  Schuster, C ^a   Estrella, N ^a   Menzel, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine forest; BBCH; Elevation gradients; Seasons; Tree phenology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ELEVATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

ACER; ALPINE FOREST; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BBCH; BEECH; CELL AGING; ECOSYSTEM; ELEVATION GRADIENTS; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINACEAE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TREE PHENOLOGY;

ALPINE FOREST; BBCH; ELEVATION GRADIENTS; SEASONS; TREE PHENOLOGY;

ACER; ALTITUDE; CELL AGING; ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; GERMANY; GLOBAL WARMING; PINACEAE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84897589684     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12071     Document Type: Article

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