NDVI-based productivity and heterogeneity as indicators of plant-species richness in boreal landscapes

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-318

  Parviainen, Miia ^a   Luoto, Miska ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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