Satellite remote sensing of natural Mediterranean vegetation: A review within an ecological context

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-178

  Shoshany, Maxim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomass; Disturbance; Landscape fragmentation; Life forms mapping; Mediterranean vegetation; Patchiness; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PATCHINESS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0034034138     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913300675148208     Document Type: Article

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