Modeling multi-decadal mangrove leaf area index in response to drought along the semi-arid southern coasts of Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 656, Issue , 2019, Pages 1326-1336

  Mafi Gholami, Davood ^a   Zenner, Eric K ^b   Jaafari, Abolfazl ^c   Ward, Raymond D ^d,e  

^a Shaherkord University   (Iran)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Drought; Gulf of Oman; Health; LAI; Mangroves; Persian Gulf; RCP8.5

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; GULF OF OMAN; MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS; MANGROVES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PERSIAN GULF; RCP8.5; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; MODELING; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; IRAN; LEAF AREA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PERSIAN GULF; PLANT RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASHORE; VEGETATION; AVICENNIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROUGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WETLAND;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF OMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

AVICENNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; IRAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WETLANDS;

EID: 85057623627     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.462     Document Type: Article

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