Elevation-dependent influence of snow accumulation on forest greening

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 705-709

  Trujillo, Ernesto ^a,b   Molotch, Noah P ^a,c   Goulden, Michael L ^d   Kelly, Anne E ^d   Bales, Roger C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOACCUMULATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MONTANE FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866987729     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1571     Document Type: Article

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