Temperature sensitivity of plant phenology in temperate and subtropical regions of China from 1850 to 2009

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 913-922

  Wang, Huanjiong ^a,b   Dai, Junhu ^a   Zheng, Jingyun ^a   Ge, Quansheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Historical observation; Plant phenology; Spring phenology index; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING; TIME SERIES; TROPICS;

HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PLANT PHENOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; SPRING (SEASON); SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84928530373     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4026     Document Type: Article

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