Remotely Sensed High-Resolution Global Cloud Dynamics for Predicting Ecosystem and Biodiversity Distributions

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wilson, Adam M ^a,b   Jetz, Walter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN; HABITAT; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FOREST; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WEATHER;

EID: 84962167828     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002415     Document Type: Article

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