Geospatial modelling of biological richness in Sunderbans

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Nandy, S ^a   Kushwaha, S P S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Biological richness; Disturbance; Diversity; Fragmentation; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANGROVE; NATURE RESERVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK; WEST BENGAL;

AVICENNIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 78650654428     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-010-0045-3     Document Type: Article

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