Pattern diversity assessment using remotely sensed data in the Western Ghats of India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-283

  Jha, C S ^a   Udayalakshmi, V ^a   Dutt, C B S ^a  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Ecological hotspots and remote sensing; Pattern diversity; South Indian tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; HOT SPOT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 0031393584     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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