Land Surface Phenology in the Tropics: The Role of Climate and Topography in a Snow-Free Mountain

Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1436-1453

  Streher, Annia Susin ^a   Sobreiro, João Francisco Ferreira ^a   Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira ^a   Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

environmental drivers; land surface phenology; phenological indicators; seasonal environments; topoclimate; tropical mountain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; LAND SURFACE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; RESOURCE USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TRMM; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODLAND;

BRAZIL; SERRA DO ESPINHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85014520479     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0123-2     Document Type: Article

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