Satellite estimate of grass biomass in a mountainous range in central Italy

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Schino, Gabriele ^a   Borfecchia, Flavio ^b   De Cecco, Luigi ^b   Dibari, Camilla ^b   Iannetta, Massimo ^a   Martini, Sandro ^b   Pedrotti, Franco ^c  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landsat; Range management; Remote sensing; Vegetation indexes; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASS; LANDSAT; NDVI; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0345411854     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026308928874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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