Assessing hurricane-induced tree mortality in U.S. Gulf Coast forest ecosystems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Negrón Juárez, Robinson ^a   Baker, David B ^a   Zeng, Hongcheng ^a,b   Henkel, Theryn K ^a   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a,c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAMAGE; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; HURRICANE EVENT; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODIS; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; TREE;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649993972     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001221     Document Type: Article

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