Extension of the growing season due to delayed autumn over mid and high latitudes in North America during 1982-2006

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-271

  Zhu, Wenquan ^a,b   Tian, Hanqin ^b   Xu, Xiaofeng ^b   Pan, Yaozhong ^a   Chen, Guangsheng ^b   Lin, Wenpeng ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Greenup; Growing season; NDVI; North America; Phenology

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; BIOME; DORMANCY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84855552269     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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