Temporal Patterns of Shrub Vegetation and Variation with Precipitation in Gurbantunggut Desert, Central Asia
The relationship between shrub vegetation and precipitation is one important component of desert vegetation responses to climate change, but it has not been understood completely because of its complexity and nonlinearity. In this study, we used MODIS NDVI data and precipitation data from 2004 to 20...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Meteorology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/157245 |