Desertification in Central Argentina: Changes in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen from imaging spectroscopy

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 629-648

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Borghi, Carlos E ^b   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; AVIRIS; Desertification; Imaging spectroscopy; Land degradation; Land use change; Monte Desert; Over grazing; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0346972899     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0629:DICACI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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