Multiscale modeling of spring phenology across Deciduous Forests in the Eastern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 792-805

  Melaas, Eli K ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^a   Richardson, Andrew D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MODIS; Deciduous forest; Phenology models; Species composition; Spring phenology

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

FOREST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

FORESTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955671434     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13122     Document Type: Article

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