Applications of circular statistics in plant phenology: A case studies approach

Phenological Research: Methods for Environmental and Climate Change Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 339-359

  Morellato, L Patricia C ^a   Alberti, L F ^a   Hudson, Irene L ^b  

^a Grupo de Fenologia e Dispersão de Sementes   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Phenological methods; Phenology; Seasonality; Vector analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919973392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3335-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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