Detecting the effects of climate change on canopy phenology in coniferous forests in semi-arid mountain regions of China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6490-6507

  Du, Jun ^a   He, Zhibin ^a   Yang, Junjun ^a   Chen, Longfei ^a   Zhu, Xi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC LIMITATIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON LENGTHS; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; START OF SEASONS (SOS);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST CANOPY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHENOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 84907909007     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.955146     Document Type: Article

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