Response of vegetation phenology to urbanization in the conterminous United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2818-2830

  Li, Xuecao ^a   Zhou, Yuyu ^a   Asrar, Ghassem R ^b   Mao, Jiafu ^c   Li, Xiaoma ^a   Li, Wenyu ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

phenology response; urban expansion; urban size; urbanization; vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PHENOLOGY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85007223374     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13562     Document Type: Article

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