Remote sensing of the link between arable field and elephant (Loxodonta africana) distribution change along a tsetse eradication gradient in the Zambezi valley, Zimbabwe

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Murwira, Amon ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b   Huizing, H J G ^b   Prins, H H T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arable fields; GIS; Landsat TM; Remote sensing; Tsetse eradication

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELEPHANT; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PARASITE INFESTATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REMOTE SENSING;

SEBUNGWE; ZAMBEZI VALLEY; ZIMBABWE;

ELEPHANTIDAE; GLOSSINA (GENUS); LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 75349102874     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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