Ground and satellite based assessment of rangeland management in sub-tropical Argentina

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-220

  Kurtz, Ditmar B ^a   Schellberg, Jürgen ^b   Braun, Matthias ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass; Grazing intensity; Land use classification; Landsat; Rangeland; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAZING; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNITED NATIONS;

ARGENTINA; CORRIENTES;

EID: 76149126749     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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