Macroscale prediction of autumn leaf coloration throughout the continental United States

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1245-1254

  Jeong, Su Jong ^a   Medvigy, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autumn phenology; Climate change; Deciduous trees; Leaf coloration; Phenology models; Scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908548858     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12206     Document Type: Article

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