Vegetation dynamics and rainfall sensitivity for different vegetation types of the Australian continent in the dry period 2002–2010

Ecohydrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Liu, N ^a,b   Harper, R J ^a,b   Dell, B ^a   Liu, S ^b   Yu, Z ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; NDVI; precipitation; vegetation dynamic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTS; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION GROWTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 85015201307     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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