Analysing the spatio-temporal impacts of the 2003 and 2010 extreme heatwaves on plant productivity in Europe

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3421-3435

  Bastos, A ^a   Gouveia, C M ^a   Trigo, R M ^a   Running, S W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAND COVER; MODIS; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84928003645     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-3421-2014     Document Type: Article

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