Remote sensing of vegetation responses to flooding of a semi-arid floodplain: Implications for monitoring ecological effects of environmental flows

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 387-391

  Sims, Neil C ^a   Colloff, Matthew J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Baseline; Flood response; MODIS; Murray Darling Basin; NDVI; Paroo; Primary productivity; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BASELINE; MODIS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NDVI; PAROO; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEMI ARID; FLOOD RESPONSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER);

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MODIS; NDVI; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SEMIARID REGION; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAROO RIVER;

EID: 84855274114     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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