Monitoring the grazing resources of the Badia region, Jordan, using remote sensing

Applied Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-398

  Edwards, Marianne C ^a   Wellens, Jane ^b   Al Eisawi, Dawud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

ATSR 2; Jordan; Modelling; Rangeland vegetation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; JORDAN; MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032762888     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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