Demonstration of a satellite-based index to monitor habitat at continental-scales

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 948-958

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   Iwanicka, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological distinctiveness; Cluster analysis; Dynamic habitat index; Ecozone; fPAR; Habitat; Large area; MODIS; North America; Productivity; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); OCEAN HABITATS; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS; ECOZONE; FPAR; HABITAT; LARGE-AREA; MODIS; NORTH AMERICA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HETEROGENEITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES;

EID: 60849133979     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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