Potential applications of remotely sensed vegetation greenness to habitat analysis and the conservation of dispersive fauna

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-127

  Berry, Sandra ^a   Mackey, Brendan ^a   Brown, Tiffany ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Channel Country; Gross primary productivity (GPP); Habitat resources; MODIS; NDVI

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34249864823     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC070120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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