Evaluating the effects of environmental changes on the gross primary production of Italian forests

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1108-1124

  Maselli, Fabio ^a   Moriondo, Marco ^a   Chiesi, Marta ^a   Chirici, Gherardo ^b   Puletti, Nicola ^c   Barbati, Anna ^d   Corona, Piermaria ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental change; GPP; Mediterranean forest; Modified C Fix

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATA; CARBON POOL; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST TYPE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GPP; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ITALIAN FORESTS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MODIFIED C-FIX; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; WHITE FIRS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; ITALY; LAKES; PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 80051739991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1041108     Document Type: Article

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