Analysis of large-scale spatial heterogeneity in vegetation indices among North American landscapes

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-282

  Riera, Joan L ^a   Magnuson, John J ^a   Vande Castle, John R ^b   MacKenzie, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Land use; Landsat TM; Landscapes; Scale; Spatial heterogeneity; Topography; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001722617     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900021     Document Type: Article

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