Assessing vegetation change temporally and spatially in southeastern Arizona

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  King, D M ^a   Skirvin, S M ^b   Holifield Collins, C D ^c   Moran, M S ^c   Biedenbender, S H ^d   Kidwell, M R ^c   Weltz, M A ^e   Diaz Gutierrez, A ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^g IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE; ARIZONA; DATA SETS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; SOIL TYPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STRUCTURAL TYPES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VEGETATION CHANGES; VEGETATION SPECIES; VEGETATION TYPES; WALNUT GULCH;

VEGETATION;

DATA SET; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; GRASS; ORDINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SOIL TYPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALNUT GULCH;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; JUGLANS;

EID: 46049112223     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005850     Document Type: Article

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