Geospatial modeling of plant richness in Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary in Sikkim Himalayas

Geocarto International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Kushwaha, S P S ^a   Padmanaban, P ^b   Kumar, Dinkar ^c   Roy, P S ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c Arignar Anna Zoological Park   (India)

^d NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

IRS (SATELLITE); LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LISS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; BARSEY RHODODENDRON SANCTUARY; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIKKIM; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 33746586939     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106040508542347     Document Type: Article

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