Change in winter snow depth and its impacts on vegetation in China

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3004-3013

  Peng, Shushi ^a   Piao, Shilong ^a   CIAIS, Philippe ^b   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Wang, Xuhui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desert; Forest; Grassland; NDVI; Shrubland; Snow depth; Temperate vegetation growth; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; NDVI; RAINFALL; SHRUBLAND; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WINTER;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 77957315406     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02210.x     Document Type: Article

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