Spatial scale and sampling size affect the concordance between remotely sensed information and plant community discrimination in restoration monitoring

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3851-3861

  Marignani, Michela ^a,b   Del Vico, Eva ^b   Maccherini, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

GIS; Grasslands; Monitoring efficiency; Multi scale; PERMANOVA; Plant community

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GIS; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SIZE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 35449000548     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9184-4     Document Type: Article

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