Understanding patterns of vegetation degradation at meaningful scales within saline landscapes

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 841-854

  Callow, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Channel geomorphology; Digital multi spectral imagery (DMSI); Dryland salinity; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DESCRIPTORS; DRYLAND SALINITY; ECO-HYDROLOGY; MACRO SCALE; MAP VEGETATION; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; POINT LOCATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER HEALTH; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VEGETATION CONDITION; VEGETATION DEGRADATION;

CATCHMENTS; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LANDSCAPE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALINITY; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 81855166257     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.190     Document Type: Article

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