Spectral rank-abundance for measuring landscape diversity

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4458-4470

  Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Neteler, Markus ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; LANDSAT ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS (ETM+) IMAGE; LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY; PARALLEL METHOD; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; SHANNON ENTROPY; SPECTRAL DIVERSITY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ABUNDANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84857007995     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.648286     Document Type: Article

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