NDVI, C3 AND C4 production, and distributions in Great Plains grassland land cover classes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-58

  Tieszen, Larry L ^a,b   Reed, Bradley C ^c   Bliss, Norman B ^c   Wylie, Bruce K ^a,b   DeJong, Donovan D ^a  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer); Biogeography; C3 and C4 grasses; Carbon isotope; Classification; CO2; Ecosystem modeling; Grassland; Land cover; NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index); Phenology; Production; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

C3; C4; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER CLASS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0030776026     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269407     Document Type: Review

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