Use of landsat thematic mapper data to assess seasonal rangeland changes in the Southeast Kalahari, Botswana

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-138

  Ringrose, S ^a   Musisi Nkambwe, S ^a   Coleman, T ^b   Nellis, C ^c   Bussing, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Darkened Vegetation cover; Kalahari; Seasonal change; Semiarid rangelands; Spectral differentiation

Indexed keywords

SPECTRAL SEPARABILITY INDEX (SSI); THEMATIC MAPPING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOILS;

VEGETATION;

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

BOTSWANA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; TELECOMMUNICATION; VEGETATION;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0031732112     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900173     Document Type: Review

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