Rangeland Monitoring Using Remote Sensing

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-467

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Tueller, Paul T ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare Ground; Cover; Ecological Indicator; Image Analysis; Platforms; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0142103322     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713936105     Document Type: Article

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