Linking a decade of forest decline in the south-west of Western Australia to bioclimatic change

Australian Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 164-172

  Evans, Bradley ^a,c   Stone, Christine ^b   Barber, Paul ^c,d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Arbor Carbon Environmental and Arborcultural Consultants   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy; Climatic change; Decline; Dieback; Drought; MODIS; Mortality; Trees; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DECLINE; DIEBACK; MODIS; MORTALITY; TREES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; TREES;

EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA;

EID: 84889885613     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2013.844055     Document Type: Article

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