Etermining past leaf-out times of New England's deciduous forests from herbarium specimens

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1293-1300

  Everill, Peter H ^a   Primack, Richard B ^a   Ellwood, Elizabeth R ^b   Melaas, Eli K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forests; Herbarium specimens; Leaf out; New England; Phenology; Remote sensing; Trees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HERBARIUM; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIMEN BANK;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; NEW ENGLAND; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84907324811     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400045     Document Type: Article

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