Landscape characterisation of the forests of Himalayan foothills

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-452

  Munsi, M ^a   Areendran, G ^b   Ghosh, A ^a   Joshi, P K ^a  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WWF India   (India)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Characterisation; Himalaya; Landscape; LULC; Metrics

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST RESOURCE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PATCHINESS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

DEHRADUN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 78650672308     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-010-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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