Evaluation of color-infrared photography for distinguishing annual changes in riparian forest vegetation of the lower Rio Grande in Texas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 75-81

  Lonard, R I ^a   Judd, F W ^a   Everitt, J H ^b   Escobar, D E ^b   Davis, M R ^b   Crawford, M M ^c   Desai, M D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Rio Grande Valley; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ACULEATA; CELTIS LAEVIGATA; CELTIS PALLIDA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; RETAMA; RIPARIA; UROCHLOA MAXIMA;

EID: 0034653230     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00274-1     Document Type: Article

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