Delayed autumn phenology in the Northern Hemisphere is related to change in both climate and spring phenology

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3702-3711

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Fu, Yongshuo H ^a,b   Zhu, Zaichun ^a   Liu, Yongwen ^a   Liu, Zhuo ^a   Huang, Mengtian ^a   Janssens, Ivan A ^b   Piao, Shilong ^a,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

autumn phenology; climate change; end of growing season; Normalize Differenced Vegetation Index; spring phenology

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWING SEASON; NDVI; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84969836668     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13311     Document Type: Article

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