Spectral rarefaction: Linking ecological variability and plant species diversity

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Rocchini, D ^a   Wohlgemuth, T ^b   Ghisleni, S ^a   Chiarucci, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Landsat ETM+; Satellite imagery; Species rarefaction; Species richness; Species turnover; Spectral rarefaction; Spectral Variation Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TURNOVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 57649123359     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.5     Document Type: Article

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