Postfire response of North American boreal forest net primary productivity analyzed with satellite observations

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1145-1157

  Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Kasischke, Eric S ^b   French, Nancy H F ^c   Randerson, James T ^d   Collatz, G James ^e   Stocks, Brian J ^f   Tucker, Compton J ^e   Los, Sietse O ^g   Field, Christopher B ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Altarum   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^g SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon cycle; Emissions; Fire; NDVI; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; FIRE; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0041417421     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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