Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 114-123

  McDowell, Nate G ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Beck, Pieter S A ^c   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^d   Gangodagamage, Chandana ^a   Hicke, Jeffrey A ^e   Huang, Cho ying ^f   Kennedy, Robert ^g   Krofcheck, Dan J ^h   Litvak, Marcy ^h   Meddens, Arjan J H ^e   Muss, Jordan ^a   Negrón Juarez, Robinson ^d   Peng, Changhui ^i,j   Schwantes, Amanda M ^k   Swenson, Jennifer J ^k   Vernon, Louis J ^a   Williams, A Park ^l   Xu, Chonggang ^a   Zhao, Maosheng ^m   Running, Steve W ⁿ   Allen, Craig D ^o   more..

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^j NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^o U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Die off; Drought; Forests; Landscape; Mortality; Satellite

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84922779327     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.10.008     Document Type: Review

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