GLOBE students, teachers, and scientists demonstrate variable differences between urban and rural leaf phenology

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1568-1580

  Gazal, Rico ^a   White, Michael A ^b   Gillies, Robert ^b   Rodemaker, Eli ^c   Sparrow, Elena ^d   Gordon, Leslie ^e  

^a Glenville State College   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e Gordon Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Budbreak; Climate change; Growing season; Heat island; Leaf out; Seasonality; Spring; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LANDSAT; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA; ALASKA; ASIA; BANGKOK; BISHKEK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHUY; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAIRBANKS; FAR EAST; FINLAND; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; KYRGYZSTAN; NAKHON RATCHASIMA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHEASTERN REGION; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SENEGAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THAILAND; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 44849132404     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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