Applying improved estimates of MODIS productivity to characterize grassland vegetation dynamics

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Reeves, Matthew C ^a   Zhao, Maosheng ^b   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a RMRS FIRE Sciences Lab   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Little Missouri National Grasslands; Photosynthesis; Production; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31744438636     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2006)59[001:AIEOMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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