Using remote sensing to evaluate the influence of grassland restoration activities on ecosystem forage provisioning services

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-538

  Malmstrom, Carolyn M ^a   Butterfield, H Scott ^a,b   Barber, Christopher ^a,c   Dieter, Barbara ^d   Harrison, Richard ^e   Qi, Jiaquo ^a,b   Riaño, David ^a,f,g   Schrotenboer, Abbie ^a   Stone, Scott ^h   Stoner, Chantal J ^a,i   Wirka, Jeanne ^j,k  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dieter and Sons   (United States)

^e Pete's Valley Cattle   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CSIC Instituto de Economia Geografia y Demografia IEGD   (Spain)

^h Yolo Land and Cattle   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Audubon California   (United States)

^k Audubon Canyon Ranch   (United States)

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Author keywords

California native grass restoration; Ecosystem services; Forage provisioning services; Prescribed burn; Remote sensing; Semiarid rangeland

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; LANDSAT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149167689     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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