Growth response of temperate mountain grasslands to inter-annual variations in snow cover duration

A remote sensing approach is used to examine the direct and indirect effects of snow cover duration and weather conditions on the growth response of mountain grasslands located above the tree line in the French Alps. Time-integrated Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI<sub>int</sub&...

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Main Author: P. Choler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-06-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/3885/2015/bg-12-3885-2015.pdf