Patterns of floristic richness in vegetation communities of California: Regional scale analysis with multi-temporal NDVI

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-235

  Fairbanks, Dean H K ^a   McGwire, Kenneth C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Environmental heterogeneity; Multiple regression; Net primary productivity (NPP); Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Plant species richness

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; CHAPARRAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGY USE; EVERGREEN FOREST; NDVI; PLANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER USE; WOODLAND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALVIA;

EID: 2642579091     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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