A comparison of landsat TM and MODIS vegetation indices for estimating forage phenology in desert bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis nelsoni) habitat in the Sonoran desert, USA

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 276-286

  Sesnie, Steven Edward ^a   Dickson, Brett Gary ^a   Rosenstock, Steven Sheldon ^b   Rundall, Jill Marie ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCES;

ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODIS VEGETATION INDICES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

HABITAT; HABITAT USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SHEEP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION INDEX;

SONORAN DESERT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI;

EID: 82155170575     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.592865     Document Type: Article

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