Assessing and monitoring rangeland condition in extensive pastoral regions using satellite remote sensing and GIS techniques: An application to the Ceres Karoo region of South Africa

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 100-112

  Mackay, C H ^a,c   Zietsnian, H L ^b  

^a Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary events; Dissimilarity indices; Fence line contrast; SAVI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008930705     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: 17279380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10220119.1996.9647906     Document Type: Article

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