Tianxiang Luo

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change DOI 10.1007/s11027-008-9152-7 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Quantification of net primary production of Chinese forest ecosystems with spatial statistical approaches (2008)

Qianlai Zhuang, Tonglin Zhang, Jingfeng Xiao, Tianxiang Luo, Q. Zhuang, J. Xiao, ...

Abstract Net primary production (NPP) of terrestrial ecosystems provides food, fiber, construction materials, and energy to humans. Its demand is likely to increase substantially in this century due...

A model for seasonality and distribution of leaf area index of forests and its application to China (2002)

Tianxiang Luo, Ronald P. Neilson, Hanqin Tian, Charles J. Vörösmarty, Huazhong Zhu, Shirong Liu

We have constructed a phenological model of leaf area index (LAI) of forests based on biological principles of leaf growth. Field data of maximum LAI from 794 plots with mature or nearly mature stand...

Quantification of net primary production of Chinese forest ecosystems with spatial statistical approaches

Qianlai Zhuang, Tonglin Zhang, Jingfeng Xiao, Tianxiang Luo

Net primary production, Chinese forest ecosystems, Spatial statistics, Ecosystem modeling, Satellite-derived NPP, MODIS,