Remote sensing and the rancher: Linking rancher perception and remote sensing

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-368

  Rowley, Rex J ^a   Price, Kevin P ^a   Kastens, Jude H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop insurance; Forage productivity; Human perception; NDVI; Phenology; Rangeland insurance

Indexed keywords

NDVI; PASTURE; PERCEPTION; PHENOLOGY; RANCHING; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547646916     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[359:RSATRL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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