Remote sensing for grassland management in the arid Southwest

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 530-540

  Marsett, Robert C ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^b   Heilman, Philip ^c   Biedenbender, Sharon H ^d   Watson, M Carolyn ^e   Amer, Saud ^f   Weltz, Mark ^g   Goodrich, David ^c   Marsett, Roseann ^h  

^a RANGES LLC   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e Arizona Meteorological Network   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cover; Height; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GIS; GRASSLAND; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 33750029423     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-201R.1     Document Type: Article

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