Using multitemporal Landsat TM imagery to establish land use pressure induced trends in forest and woodland cover in sections of the Soutpansberg Mountains of Venda region, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-56

  Munyati, Christopher ^a   Kabanda, Tibanganyuka A ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Remote sensing; South Africa; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 61449087387     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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