Satellite imagery as a tool for monitoring species diversity: An assessment

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 388-397

  Nagendra, Harini ^a   Gadgil, Madhav ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; India; Landscape ecology; Remote sensing; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0032805427     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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