Growth response of temperate mountain grasslands to inter-annual variations in snow cover duration

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3885-3897

  Choler, P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c LTER zone Atelier Alpes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANNUAL VARIATION; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; MELTING; MODIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84933566506     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3885-2015     Document Type: Article

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