Spatial identification by satellite imagery of the crop-fallow rotation cycle in northern Laos

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 639-654

  Yamamoto, Yukiyo ^a   Oberthür, Thomas ^b   Lefroy, Rod ^c  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Asia (CIAT in Asia)   (Laos)

Author keywords

Crop fallow rotation cycle; Fallow age; Laos; NDVI; Shifting cultivation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; FALLOW; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; REGENERATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67349183295     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-007-9134-z     Document Type: Article

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