Monitoring vegetation changes on Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway, using Landsat MSS and Landsat TM/ETM+ satellite images

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 969-984

  Johansen, Bernt ^a,b   Karlsen, Stein Rune ^a,b  

^a NORUT Information Technology ^*

^b NORUT Information Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Landsat MSS TM; Lichens; Pasture mapping; Reindeer ranges; Remote sensing; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DEER; LANDSAT; LICHEN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 31444450586     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2005/0035-0969     Document Type: Review

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