Monitor land degradation phenomena through landscape metrics and NDVI: Gördes, Kavacιk, Ilιcak, Kumçay and Marmara Lake Basins (Turkey)

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1827-1842

  Taǧil, Şermin ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Desertification; GIS; Land degradation; Landscape ecology; LPMs; NDVI; Remote sensing; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LPMS; NDVI; TURKEY;

WEATHERING;

EID: 34848868158     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1827.1842     Document Type: Article

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