Impact of climate variability on flowering phenology and its implications for the schedule of blossom festivals

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Lu ^a   Ning, Zhizhong ^a   Wang, Huanjiong ^a   Ge, Quansheng ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blossom festival; Climate change; Climate impact; Flowering phenology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FESTIVAL; FLOWERING; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

PAEONIA; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 85021651591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9071127     Document Type: Article

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