Assessment of status and trends of olive farming intensity in EU-Mediterranean countries using remote sensing time series and land cover data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 601-610

  Weissteiner, Christof J ^a,b   Strobl, Peter ^a   Sommer, Stefan ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

HNV; Management intensity; Olive grove; Remote sensing; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

ANNUAL COMPONENT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; OLIVE GROVE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; VEGETATION COMPONENTS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION FRACTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL CYCLE; EVERGREEN TREE; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GREECE; ITALY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 79954419815     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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