Satellite sleuthing: Does remotely sensed land-cover change signal ecological degradation in a protected area?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-309

  Waite, T A ^a   Corey, S J ^a   Campbell, L G ^b   Chhangani, A K ^c   Rice, J ^d   Robbins, P ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; India; Prosopis juliflora; Satellite images; Tree species diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KUMBHALGARH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 60349103935     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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