Mapping tropical dry forest habitats integrating Landsat NDVI, Ikonos imagery, and topographic information in the Caribbean Island of Mona

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 625-639

  Martinuzzi, Sebastián ^a,b,c   Gould, William A ^b   Ramos Gonzalez, Olga M ^b   Robles, Alma Martinez ^d   Maldonado, Paulina Calle ^d   Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^d   Fumero Caban, José J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Ikonos; Landsat; NDVI; Puerto Rico; Topography; Tropical dry forests; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUERTO RICO; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51449083973     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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