Photosynthetic activity of US biomes: Responses to the spatial variability and seasonality of precipitation and temperature

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-451

  Xiao, Jingfeng ^a   Moody, Aaron ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Biome; Climate; Plant productivity; Remote sensing; Seasonality; United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 16544392321     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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