Divergent vegetation growth responses to the 2003 heat wave in the Swiss Alps

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Jolly, William M ^a   Dobbertin, Matthias ^b   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^b   Reichstein, Markus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

DIVERGENT VEGETATION GROWTH RESPONSES; HEAT WAVE; HIGH ELEVATION GROWTH ENHANCEMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY CHANGES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; VEGETATION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 27744438170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023252     Document Type: Article

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