Remote sensing of vegetation, plant species richness, and regional biodiversity hotspots

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1861-1870

  Gould, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Diversity hotspots; Diversity mapping; Normalized difference of vegetation index (NDVI); Remote sensing; Species richness; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033673965     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1861:RSOVPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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