Impacts of changes in climate variability on regional vegetation in China: NDVI-based analysis from 1982 to 2000

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Meng, Meng ^a   Ni, Jian ^b,c   Zong, Meijuan ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d ZIBO VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Coefficient of variation; Mann Kendall statistical test; Normalized difference vegetation index; Persistence of above below average conditions; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA;

EID: 79952749321     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0801-z     Document Type: Article

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