Phenological description of natural vegetation in southern Africa using remotely-sensed vegetation data

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Hoare, David ^a   Frost, Phillip ^b  

^a ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biome; GIS; NDVI; Satellite imagery; Time series analysis; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542527029     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00591.x     Document Type: Article

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