Impacts of climate gradients on the vegetation phenology of major land use types in Central Asia (1981-2008)

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-225

  Kariyeva, Jahan ^a   van Leeuwen, Willem J D ^a   Woodhouse, Connie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate variability; land use; phenology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH; LAND USE; PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84864139966     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0315-1     Document Type: Article

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