Assessment of forest GPP variations in central Italy

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1944-1953

  Rodolfi, A ^a   Chiesi, M ^a   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Cherubini, P ^b   Maselli, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY (GPP); METEOROLOGICAL DATA; RADIOMETER SATELLITE NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONTANE FOREST; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; ITALY; MUGELLO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 38149105645     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-010     Document Type: Article

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