Monitoring the Chilla-Motichur wildlife corridor using geospatial tools

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Nandy, S ^a   Kushwaha, S P S ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Corridor; GIS; Habitat; Remote sensing; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; HABITAT CORRIDOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 36148960885     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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