TY - JOUR AU - Kimball, M. H. AU - Brooks, F. A. TI - Plantclimates of California: Zones of similar plant responses and their possible interpretation by effective day-night temperatures JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1959/05/01 VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - 7 EP - 12 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v013n05p7 AB - Climate is one–and perhaps the most important–of the fundamental determinants of what plants can be grown in a given area. Climate, in this broad sense, includes temperature, total annual rainfall and seasonal distribution, as well as atmospheric humidity, air movement and light and other factors.