Global biogeographical pattern of ecosystem functional types derived from earth observation data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3305-3330

  Ivits, Eva ^a   Cherlet, Michael ^a   Horion, Stephanie ^b   Fensholt, Rasmus ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Ecosystem function; Gradient analysis; Phenology; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PHENOLOGY; ROTATED PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; OBSERVATORIES; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84881488019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5073305     Document Type: Article

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