Timberline change detection using topographic map and satellite imagery: A critique

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Bharti, Rupesh R ^a   Rai, Ishwari D ^a   Adhikari, B S ^a   Rawat, G S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Change detection; Nanda devi biosphere reserve; Remote sensing; Snow cover; Timberline vegetation

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; TIMBER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION TYPE;

INDIA; NANDA DEVI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 78149369494     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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