Identification of the spectral characteristic of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: A case study from Dartmoor, UK

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3369-3388

  Armitage, R P ^a   Kent, M ^b   Weaver, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA); PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMI-NATURAL VEGETATION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERS;

VEGETATION;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; FLORISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3843052762     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001654464     Document Type: Article

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