Plant phenology in Western Canada: Trends and links to the view from space

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 419-429

  Beaubien, Elisabeth G ^a   Hall Beyer, Mryka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early spring; Flowering; Phenology; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE;

BIOTIC RESPONSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOWERING; PHENOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWERING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLAGUE; PLANT ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPRING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOWERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT;

CANADA;

EID: 0141614753     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025597829895     Document Type: Article

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