Assessing grazing impacts by remote sensing in hyper-arid environments

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 500-507

  Saltz, David ^a   Schmidt, Heike ^a   Rowen, Mary ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^a   Ward, David ^a   Schmidt, Iris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asiatic wild ass; Reintroduction; Satellite; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMALIA; BROSIMUM ALICASTRUM ALICASTRUM; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS HEMIONUS;

EID: 0032859266     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003778     Document Type: Article

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