Analysis of fine-scale spatial pattern of a grassland from remotely-sensed imagery and field collected data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-131

  Lobo, Agustín ^a   Moloney, Kirk ^b   Chic, Oscar ^c   Chiariello, Nona ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fast Fourier Transform; Fractal; Geostatistics; NDVI; Remote sensing; Serpentine grassland; Spatial simulation; Thomomys bottae; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0031874008     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007938526886     Document Type: Article

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