Effect of topography and accessibility on vegetation dynamic pattern in Mountain-hill Region

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 879-890

  Qiu, Bingwen ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   Zeng, Canying ^a   Tang, Zhenghong ^b   Chen, Chongcheng ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Elevation gradient; Enhanced Vegetation Index; Geographic weighted regression; Spatial non stationality; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870752196     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-012-2447-x     Document Type: Article

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