Satellite surface reflectance improves habitat distribution mapping: A case study on heath and shrub formations in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 588-602

  Morán Ordóñez, Alejandra ^a   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^a   Elith, Jane ^b   Calvo, Leonor ^a   de Luis, Estanislao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human activities; Life traits; Maxent; Reflectance values; Threshold

Indexed keywords

GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; SPAIN;

EID: 84860611892     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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