Discovery and enumeration of Swahilian Coastal Forests in Lindi region, Tanzania, using Landsat TM data analysis

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1551-1565

  Prins, Erik ^a   Clarke, G Philip ^b  

^a Prins Engineering   (Denmark)

^b The Hermitage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landsat TM; Namatimbili; Remote sensing; Satellite analysis; Swahilian Coastal Forests; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FOREST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SURVEYING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILWA; LINDI [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 34250827425     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9047-4     Document Type: Article

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