Divergent phenological response to hydroclimate variability in forested mountain watersheds

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2580-2595

  Hwang, Taehee ^a   Band, Lawrence E ^a,b   Miniat, Chelcy F ^c   Song, Conghe ^b   Bolstad, Paul V ^d   Vose, James M ^c   Love, Jason P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought deciduousness; Hydroclimate variability; Landscape phenology; MODIS NDVI; Topoclimate gradient

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SENESCENCE;

APPALACHIANS;

ALTITUDE; ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ALTITUDE; ANGIOSPERMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT LEAVES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84903788250     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12556     Document Type: Article

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