The development of a Canadian dynamic habitat index using multi-temporal satellite estimates of canopy light absorbance

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 754-766

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Duro, Dennis C ^a   Han, Tian ^b   Berry, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cluster analysis; Dynamic habitat index; Ecozone; fPAR; Large area; MODIS; Productivity; Vegetation dynamics; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION;

DYNAMIC HABITAT INDEX; ECOZONES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAUNA; FIELD SURVEY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40649107459     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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