Diverse responses of vegetation production to interannual summer drought in North America

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Wu, Chaoyang ^a,b   Chen, Jing M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forests; Soil moisture; Summer drought; Vegetation production

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84872821385     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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