Asymmetric sensitivity of first flowering date to warming and cooling in alpine plants

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3387-3398

  Wang, S P ^a   Meng, F D ^a   Duan, J C ^b,c   Wang, Y F ^a   Cui, X Y ^a   Piao, S L ^a   Niu, H S ^a   Xu, G P ^d   Luo, C Y ^b   Zhu, X X ^a,b   Shen, M G ^a   Li, Y N ^a   Du, M Y ^e   Tang, Y H ^f   Zhao, X Q ^b   Ciais, P ^g   Kimball, B ^h   Penuelas J ⁱ   Janssens, I A ^j   Cui, S J ^a,b   Zhao, L ^b   Zhang, F W ^b   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Binhai Research Institute in Tianjin   (China)

^d GUANGXI INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ CREAF   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Early spring flowering; First flowering date; Global warming; Midsummer flowering; Temperature sensitivity; Tibetan Plateau; Warming and cooling

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERING; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; TRANSPLANTATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84920026999     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2235.1     Document Type: Article

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