Monitoring conservation effectiveness in a global biodiversity hotspot: The contribution of land cover change assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 169-179

  Joseph, Shijo ^a,b   Blackburn, George Alan ^c   Gharai, Biswadip ^a   Sudhakar, S ^a   Thomas, A P ^d   Murthy, M S R ^a  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Change assessment; Protected area management; Remote sensing; Tropical forest; Western ghats

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHANGE ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CONSERVATION MEASURES; CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; HOT SPOT; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT REGIME; PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT; RADIATION BUDGET; RAPID CHANGES; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION PATTERN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRS (SATELLITE); LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LISS; MAPPING METHOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; LAND USE; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 72349087456     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0571-4     Document Type: Article

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