Trends in the surface vegetation dynamics of the national parks of Spain as observed by satellite sensors

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-440

  Domingo, Alcaraz Segura ^a,b,c   Javier, Cabello ^b,d   Paruelo Jose, M ^d   Miguel, Delibes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Global environmental change; Monitoring; National Park conservation; NDVI; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249142237     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18522     Document Type: Article

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