Forage production of the argentine pampa region based on land use and long-term normalized difference vegetation index data

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Di Bella, Carlos M ^a,b   Negri, Ignacio J ^b   Posse, Gabriela ^a   Jaimes, Florencia R ^a   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^c   Garbulsky, Martin F ^b   Deregibus, Victor A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Linear spectral unmixing; NDVI; Net primary production; NOAA AVHRR; Spatial variability; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAGE; HOMOGENEITY; LAND USE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 66949181089     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/08-048.1     Document Type: Article

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