Change and evolution in the plant hardiness zones of Canada

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-350

  McKenney, Daniel W ^a   Pedlar, John H ^a   Lawrence, Kevin ^a   Papadopol, Pia ^a   Campbell, Kathy ^a   Hutchinson, Michael F ^a,b  

^a GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; climate envelopes; plant hardiness zones; spring frost damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898996813     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu016     Document Type: Review

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