Assessment of biological and environmental phenology at a landscape level from 30 years of fixed-date repeat photography in Northern Sweden

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 600-609

  Andrews, Christopher ^a   Dick, Jan ^a   Jonasson, Christer ^b   Callaghan, Terry ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake ice; Mountain birch; Phenophase; Snow cover; Swedish sub arctic

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOLIAGE; GROWING SEASON; ICE COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON); SUBARCTIC REGION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; PHOTOGRAPHY; SNOW; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ABISKO; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN;

BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA;

EID: 80052545641     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0167-z     Document Type: Review

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