Mapping regional land cover with MODIS data for biological conservation: Examples from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, USA and Pará State, Brazil

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-83

  Wessels, K J ^a   De Fries, R S ^a   Dempewolf, J ^a   Anderson, L O ^b   Hansen, A J ^c   Powell, S L ^c   Moran, E F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Landsat; MODIS data

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION; SPECTRAL BANDS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAZIL; NORTH AMERICA; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 3242711291     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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