Mapping and monitoring of coastal wetlands of Çukurova Delta in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 615-633

  Berberoglu, Süha ^a   Yilmaz, K Tuluhan ^a   Özkan, Coskun ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; East Mediterranean; Habitat mapping; Land cover classification; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING;

CUKUROVA DELTA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0842313164     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000009493.34669.ec     Document Type: Article

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