Notable shifting in the responses of vegetation activity to climate change in China

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 87-88, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-66

  Chen, Aifang ^a   He, Bin ^a,b   Wang, Honglin ^a   Huang, Ling ^a   Zhu, Yunhua ^c   Lv, Aifeng ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; NDVI; Pearson correlation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CHINA; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NDVI; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PEARSON CORRELATION; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS; TEMPERATURE LIMITEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NDVI; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84960468466     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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