Patterns of tropical forest dynamics and human impacts: Views from above and below the canopy

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2881-2890

  Vaidyanathan, Srinivas ^a,b   Krishnaswamy, Jagdish ^c   Samba Kumar, N ^b   Dhanwatey, Harshawardhan ^d   Dhanwatey, Poonam ^d   Ullas Karanth, K ^e  

^a Foundation for Ecological Research Advocacy and Learning Pondicherry   (India)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society India   (India)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^d Tiger Research and Conservation Trust   (India)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (India)

Author keywords

AVHRR; CVI; GIMMS; Human disturbance; NDVI; Rainfall anomalies; Remote sensing; Spatial regression; SPOT; Tadoba; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FAUNISTICS; FLORISTICS; FOREST DYNAMICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE RESERVE; NDVI; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; TADOBA ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE;

EID: 78149498880     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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