Detecting changes in riparian habitat conditions based on patterns of greenness change: A case study from the Upper San Pedro River Basin, USA

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-99

  Jones, K Bruce ^a   Edmonds, Curtis E ^a   Slonecker, E Terrance ^a   Wickham, James D ^a   Neale, Anne C ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b   Kepner, William G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenness change; NDVI; Riparian ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

GREENNESS CHANGE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; HABITAT; LANDSAT; NDVI; RIPARIAN ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BASIN [(RVB) NORTH AMERICA]; SAN PEDRO RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148892747     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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