Recent spring phenology shifts in western Central Europe based on multiscale observations

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1255-1263

  Fu, Yongshuo H ^a,b   Piao, Shilong ^a,c   Op de Beeck, Maarten ^b   Cong, Nan ^a   Zhao, Hongfang ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Menzel, Annette ^d   Janssens, Ivan A ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

in situ observations; NDVI; Spring phenology; Start of season; Temporal trend; Western central europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926741     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12210     Document Type: Article

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