Land condition monitoring information for Reef catchments: A new era

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-86

  Karfs, R A ^a   Abbott, B N ^b   Scarth, P F ^c   Wallace, J F ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Queensland Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian rangelands; Burdekin and Fitzroy regions; Land condition monitoring; Natural resource management; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949088708     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ08060     Document Type: Article

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