Assessment and validation of biological richness at Landscape Level in part of the Himalayas and Indo-Burma Hotspots using Geospatial Modeling Approach

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-429

  Behera, M D ^a   Roy, P S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Endemism; Meghalaya; Remote sensing; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMBING PLANT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FIELD SURVEY; GPS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; INDO-BURMA;

EID: 78650630491     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-010-0044-4     Document Type: Article

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