Trends and climatic sensitivities of vegetation phenology in semiarid and arid ecosystems in the US Great Basin during 1982-2011

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 6985-6997

  Tang, G ^a,b   Arnone, J A ^b   Verburg, P S J ^c   Jasoni, R L ^b   Sun, L ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949189543     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-6985-2015     Document Type: Article

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