Desertification alters regional ecosystem-climate interactions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-194

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Heidebrecht, Kathleen B ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVIRIS; Carbon cycle; Chihuahuan desert; Desertification; High fidelity imaging spectroscopy; Land degradation; Over grazing; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 12344292616     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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