Vole and lemming activity observed from space

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 880-883

  Olofsson, Johan ^a   Tommervik, Hans ^b   Callaghan, Terry V ^c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HERBIVORY; NDVI; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870346326     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1537     Document Type: Article

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