Consistent response of vegetation dynamics to recent climate change in tropical mountain regions

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-215

  Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^a   John, Robert ^a,b   Joseph, Shijo ^c  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bayesian dynamic models; Browning; Climate change; Greening; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Phenology; Tropical mountains

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PROTECTED AREA; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN DYNAMIC MODELS; BROWNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHENOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MOUNTAINS;

BAYESIAN DYNAMIC MODELS; BROWNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHENOLOGY; TROPICAL MOUNTAINS;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84889674311     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12362     Document Type: Article

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