Does NDVI reflect variation in the structural attributes associated with increasing shrub dominance in arctic tundra?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Boelman, Natalie T ^a   Gough, Laura ^b   McLaren, Jennie R ^b   Greaves, Heather ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; normalized difference vegetation index; shrub dominance; vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053496080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/035501     Document Type: Article

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