Trends in NDVI and Tundra Community Composition in the Arctic of NE Alaska Between 1984 and 2009

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 707-719

  Pattison, Robert R ^a   Jorgenson, Janet C ^b   Raynolds, Martha K ^c   Welker, Jeffery M ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Arctic National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Palmer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; climate change; NDVI; shrubs; tundra; warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940008992     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9858-9     Document Type: Article

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