A comparison of three approaches for predicting C4 species cover of northern mixed grass prairie

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-82

  Davidson, Andrew ^a,b   Csillag, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

AVHRR; C4 photosynthesis; Grasslands; Monitoring; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

GRASSLANDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; C4 PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND; MONITORING; NDVI; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; GRASSLANDS NATIONAL PARK; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0037592324     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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