Mapping grazing-induced degradation in a semi-arid environment: A rapid and cost effective approach for assessment and monitoring

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-596

  Thompson, Mark ^a   Vlok, Jan ^b   Rouget, Mathieu ^c,d   Hoffman, M T ^e   Balmford, Andrew ^d   Cowling, R M ^b  

^a GeoTerraImage   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Land cover; Land degradation; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Semi arid ecosystems; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DEGRADATION MODELS; DRY AND WETS; EVALUATION PROGRAMS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FIELD EVALUATIONS; HABITAT TYPES; HOT SPOTS; INDUCED DEGRADATIONS; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SEMI-ARID REGIONS; SHARP CONTRASTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL DELIMITATIONS; STUDY AREAS; VEGETATION TYPES;

ARID REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGRADATION; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; MAPPING METHOD; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62549135657     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9228-x     Document Type: Article

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