Nonlinear features and complexity patterns of vegetation dynamics in the transition zone of North China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 237-246

  Zhao, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Liu, Jianguo ^b   Peng, Jian ^a   Li, Shuangcheng ^a   Wang, Yanglin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinism; Ndvi series; North china; Recurrence quantification analysis; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

DETERMINISM; NDVI SERIES; NORTH CHINA; RECURRENCE QUANTIFICATION ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; NDVI; NONLINEARITY; TIME SERIES; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84910672722     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.08.038     Document Type: Article

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