Phenology and climate relationships in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest and woodland communities of southwestern Colorado

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 189-197

  Meier, Gretchen A ^a   Brown, Jesslyn F ^a   Evelsizer, Ross J ^a   Vogelmann, James E ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

End of season; Phenology, Trembling aspen; Populus tremuloides; Remote sensing; Start of season

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW;

END OF SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; TREMBLING ASPEN; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND SURFACE; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; WOODLAND; DATABASE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MODIS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84907311634     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.033     Document Type: Article

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