Broad-scale satellite Normalized Difference Vegetation Index data predict plant biomass and peak date of nitrogen concentration in Arctic tundra vegetation

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 343-351

  Doiron, Madeleine ^a   Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Lévesque, Esther ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Arctic tundra; AVHRR; Nitrogen concentration; Plant phenology; Remote sensing; Spring green up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874747793     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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