Conservation applications of astronaut photographs of earth: Tidal-flat loss (Japan), elephant effects on vegetation (Botswana), and seagrass and mangrove monitoring (Australia)

Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 876-884

  Robinson, Julie A ^a   Lulla, Kamlesh P ^a   Kashiwagi, Minoru ^b   Suzuki, Maggie ^b   Nellis, M Duane ^c   Bussing, Charles E ^d   Lee Long, Warren J ^e   McKenzie, Len J ^e  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Japan Wetlands Action Network   (Japan)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0034901979     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015004876.x     Document Type: Review

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