Remote sensing as a tool for estimating biodiversity

Journal of Spacecraft Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Nagendra, Harini ^a   Gadgill, Madhav ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Inventorying; Landscape ecology; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 5844259411     PISSN: 09711600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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