Remote sensing of vegetation cover change in islands of the Kerguelen archipelago

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1689-1700

  Robin, Marc ^a   Chapuis, Jean Louis ^b   Lebouvier, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Remote sensing; Sub Antarctic islands; Vegetation cover; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; LINEARITY; MAPPING METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; NDVI; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80053994420     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1069-z     Document Type: Article

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