Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-368

  Buitenwerf, Robert ^a   Rose, Laura ^a,b   Higgins, Steven I ^c,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; LEAF; LIFE CYCLE; PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84925818464     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2533     Document Type: Article

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