Environmental zonation across the Australian arid region based on long-term vegetation dynamics

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-585

  Lawley, E F ^a   Lewis, M M ^a   Ostendorf, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia; NDVI; Principal component analysis; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOPHYSICS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE; MAGNITUDE; NDVI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; ZONATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952104198     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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