Spatiotemporal variability of vegetation phenology with reference to altitude and climate in the subtropical mountain and hill region, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2883-2892

  Qiu, BingWen ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   Tang, ZhengHong ^b   Chen, ChongCheng ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

altitude gradient; climate change; Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI); subtropical mountain and hill region; vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881612309     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5847-6     Document Type: Article

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