Monitoring and estimating drought-induced impacts on forest structure, growth, function, and ecosystem services using remote-sensing data: Recent progress and future challenges

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-115

  Zhang, Yao ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a,b   Li, Weizhong ^a   Fang, Xiuqin ^a   Zhang, Tinglong ^a   Zhu, Qiuan ^a   Chen, Huai ^a   Zhao, Pengxiang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycles; Climate change; Forest ecosystem; Indices; Spatial and temporal scales; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDICES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; TREE MORTALITY;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA FUSION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84878852930     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2013-0006     Document Type: Review

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