Herbarium specimens show contrasting phenological responses to Himalayan climate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 10615-10619

  Hart, Robbie ^a,b   Salick, Jan ^b   Ranjitkar, Sailesh ^c,d   Xu, Jianchu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Global warming; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PHENOLOGY; PLANT RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ADENOGYNUM; RHODODENDRON ANTHOSPHAERUM; RHODODENDRON BALFOURIANUM; RHODODENDRON BEESIANUM; RHODODENDRON BUREAVII; RHODODENDRON CEPHALANTHUM; RHODODENDRON CUNEATUM; RHODODENDRON DECORUM; RHODODENDRON DELAVAYI; RHODODENDRON EDGEWORTHII; RHODODENDRON FASTIGIATUM; RHODODENDRON HELIOLEPIS; RHODODENDRON HIPPOPHAEOIDES; RHODODENDRON IMPEDITUM; RHODODENDRON IRRORATUM; RHODODENDRON LEPIDOTUM; RHODODENDRON OREOTREPHES; RHODODENDRON PHAEOCHRYSUM; RHODODENDRON PRIMULIFLORUM; RHODODENDRON RACEMOSUM; RHODODENDRON REX; RHODODENDRON RUBIGINOSUM; RHODODENDRON RUPICOLA; RHODODENDRON SALUENENSE; RHODODENDRON UVARIIFOLIUM; RHODODENDRON VIRGATUM; RHODODENDRON YUNNANENSE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WARMING;

GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; RHODODENDRON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904637126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403376111     Document Type: Article

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