Prediction of Prosopis species invasion in Kenya using geographical information system techniques

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 628-636

  Muturi, Gabriel M ^a,b   Mohren, Godefridus M J ^b   Kimani, Jacob N ^c  

^a KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Resource Survey and Remote Sensing (DRSRS)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cadaba rotundifolia; Hyphaene compressa; Prosopis; Turkwel

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; LEGUME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

KENYA;

EID: 77955836648     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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