Spatial distribution of cattle in arid rangelands as detected by patterns of change in vegetation cover

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 657-667

  Pickup, G ^a   Bastin, G N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle distributions; Grazing; Modelling; Remote sensing; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ARID RANGELAND; CATTLE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0030616748     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404914     Document Type: Article

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