Retrospective studies of grazing-induced land degradation: A case study in central Crete, Greece

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4019-4034

  Hostert, P ^a   Roder A ^b   Hill, J ^b   Udelhoven, T ^b   Tsiourlis, G ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

LAND DEGRADATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

GRAZING; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 0142197748     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000103844     Document Type: Article

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