Seasonal foliage changes in the eastern Amazon basin detected from Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite images

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 376-391

  Bohlman, Stephanie A ^a   Adams, John B ^a   Smith, Milton O ^a   Peterson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Maraba; Phenology; Temporal variation; Tropical forest; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PHENOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BRAZIL; MARABA;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0032436562     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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