Energy availability and density estimates in African ungulates

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a   Bro Jorgensen, Jakob ^a   Durant, Sarah M ^a   Blackburn, Tim ^a   Carbone, Chris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; NDVI; Remote sensing; Ungulate abundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NDVI; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEYING; UNGULATE;

AFRICA;

UNGULATA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; PERISSODACTYLA; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISSODACTYLA; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 67650270392     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597379     Document Type: Article

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