Assessing land cover change in Kenya's Mau Forest region using remotely sensed data

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Baldyga, Tracy J ^a   Miller, Scott N ^a   Driese, Kenneth L ^a   Gichaba, Charles Maina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Deforestation; Landsat; Scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORESTATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAKURU; NJORO RIVER; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38849139571     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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