Reindeer pasture biomass assessment using satellite remote sensing

Arctic

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Colpaert, Alfred ^a   Kumpula, Jouko ^b   Nieminen, Mauri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Landsat 5; Lichens; Pasture mapping; Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.; Reindeer; Summer pastures; Winter pastures

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GIS; LICHEN; PASTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

FINLAND;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; POACEAE; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0042768517     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic610     Document Type: Article

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