Climate-related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981-2006

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1025-1039

  Donohue, Randall J ^a,b   Mcvicar, Tim R ^a   Roderick, Michael L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AVHRR; CO2; Energy limited; fPAR; NDVI; Perennial; Persistent; Recurrent; Water limited

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RESPONSE; NDVI; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 60849127205     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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