Leakiness: A new index for monitoring the health of arid and semiarid landscapes using remotely sensed vegetation cover and elevation data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 442-454

  Ludwig, John A ^a   Bastin, Gary N ^a   Chewings, Vanessa H ^a   Eager, Robert W ^a   Liedloff, Adam C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DEM; Land condition; Landscape function; Landscape metrics; Rangelands; Vegetation patchiness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

LAND CONDITIONS; LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS; LANDSCAPE METRICS; RANGELANDS; SOIL LOSSES; VEGETATION PATCHINESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARID REGION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDEX METHOD; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; RADAR IMAGERY; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846669845     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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