The extent of shifts in vegetation phenology between rural and urban areas within a human-dominated region

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1942-1953

  Dallimer, Martin ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Davies, Zoe G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enhanced Vegetation Index; Green infrastructure; Greenspace; Growing season; Urban ecology; Urban heat island; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959377623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1990     Document Type: Article

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