Rangeland biodiversity assessment using fine scale on-ground survey, time series of remotely sensed ground cover and climate data: An Australian savanna case study

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-507

  Ward, Doug P ^a   Kutt, Alex S ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condition; Disturbance; Ecological indicators; Rangelands; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROUND COVER; RANGELAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 61849126813     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9324-1     Document Type: Article

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