Differentiating geological fertility derived vegetation zones in Kruger National Park, South Africa, using Landsat and MODIS imagery

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Munyati, Christopher ^a   Ratshibvumo, Thihanedzwi ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; habitat mapping; remote sensing; soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT QUALITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; NATIONAL PARK; NDVI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL FERTILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953124066     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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