Quantitative phenological observations of a mixed beech forest in northern Switzerland with digital photography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Ahrends, Hella Ellen ^a   Bräugger, Robert ^a   Stöckli, Reto ^b,c   Schenk, Jürg ^a   Michna, Pavel ^a   Jeanneret, Francois ^a   Wanner, Heinz ^a   Eugster, Werner ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAF; MIXED FOREST; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

FAGUS;

EID: 61749104490     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000650     Document Type: Article

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