A high resolution broad scale spatial indicator of grain growing profitability for natural resource planning

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Lyle, G ^a   Ostendorf, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Natural resource management; Precision agriculture; Remote sensing; Spatial information

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LOSSES; MAPPING; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVEGETATION; RURAL AREA; SALINIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79954432054     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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