Vegetation dynamics and responses to recent climate change in Xinjiang using leaf area index as an indicator

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-76

  Jiapaer, Guli ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^b,c   Yi, Qiuxiang ^a   Liu, Jinping ^a,d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Climatic change; Hurst exponent; LAI; Time series analysis; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMICS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ARID AREA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; HURST EXPONENTS; LAI; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; OASIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE;

ALTAY [XINJIANG UYGUR]; CHINA; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84930675323     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.036     Document Type: Article

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