Landsat TM inventory and assessment of waterbird habitat in the southern altiplano of South America

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 563-573

  Boyle, Terence P ^a   Caziani, Sandra M ^b   Waltermire, Robert G ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; GIS analysis; Habitat; Landsat TM; Remote sensing; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WADER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE;

EID: 14644413603     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-1761-2     Document Type: Article

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