Influence of land-use types and climatic variables on seasonal patterns of NDVI in Mediterranean Iberian ecosystems

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Durante, P ^a   Oyonarte, C ^a   Valladares, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Cross correlation; Human influence; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249101323     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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