Effects of spatial and spectral resolution in estimating ecosystem α-diversity by satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-434

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b TerraData environmetrics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grain; Plant species richness; Spatial resolution; Spectral resolution; Spectral Variation Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION THEORY; PIXELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTIONS; SPECTRAL VARIATION HYPOTHESIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 35548986987     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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