An IKONOS-based comparison of methods to estimate cattle home ranges in a semi-arid landscape of Southern Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7805-7826

  Zengeya, Fadzai ^a   Murwira, Amon ^a   de Garine Wichatitsky, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CATTLE HERD; COMPARISON OF METHODS; CONVEX HULL; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IKONOS IMAGERY; KERNEL METHODS; PREFERENCE ANALYSIS; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOME RANGE; IKONOS; LAND COVER; PROBABILITY; RANGELAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 82055206281     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.527866     Document Type: Article

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