A model quantifying global vegetation resistance and resilience to short-term climate anomalies and their relationship with vegetation cover

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 539-548

  De Keersmaecker, Wanda ^a   Lhermitte, Stef ^a   Tits, Laurent ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Somers, Ben ^a   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecosystem stability; NDVI; Remote sensing; Resilience; Resistance; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84926251563     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12279     Document Type: Article

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