Applications and research using remote sensing for rangeland management

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 675-693

  Hunt Jr , E Raymond ^a   Everitt, James H ^b   Ritchie, Jerry C ^a   Moran, M Susan ^c   Booth, D Terrance ^d   Anderson, Gerald L ^b   Clark, Patrick E ^e   Seyfried, Mark S ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

RANGELAND MANAGEMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0038240688     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/pers.69.6.675     Document Type: Review

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