Applicability of ASTER imagery in mapping land use/cover as a basis for biodiversity studies in drylands of northern Ethiopia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 19-23

  Aynekulu, Ermias ^a   Kassawmar, Tibebu ^a   Tamene, Luelseged ^b  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Political and Cultural Change   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASTER; Biodiversity; Land use cover; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ASTER; BIODIVERSITY; GPS; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 42049097676     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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