Remote detection and distinction of ants using nest-site specific LISS-derived Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Asian Myrmecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Narendra, Ajay ^a,b   Ramachandra, T V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Canopy gap; NDVI; Nest site selection; Pachycondyla rufipes; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PACHYCONDYLA RUFIPES;

EID: 79953770611     PISSN: 19851944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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