Validation of Geospatial model for Biodiversity Characterization at Landscape Level - A study in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 349-369

  Roy, P S ^a   Padalia, Hitendra ^b   Chauhan, Nidhi ^b   Porwal, M C ^b   Gupta, S ^b   Biswas, S ^c   Jagdale, R ^d  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Nicobar Islands; Biodiversity; Biological richness; Disturbance; Fragmentation; Regression analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

DATA EXTRAPOLATION; GEOSPATIAL MODEL; LANDSPACE; SATELLITE IMAGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644416797     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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