Rapid assessment of biological richness in a part of Eastern Himalaya: An integrated three-tier approach

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-384

  Behera, M D ^a   Kushwaha, S P S ^b   Roy, P S ^c  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological richness; Eastern Himalaya; Geospatial modeling; Landscape analysis and fragmentation; Subansiri district

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING;

BIODIVERSITY VALUE (BV); BIOLOGICAL RICHNESS (BR); TERRAIN COMPLEXITY (TC); TOTAL IMPORTANCE VALUE (TIV);

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 14744274975     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.070     Document Type: Article

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