Biomass estimation of alpine grasslands under different grazing intensities using spectral vegetation indices

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-421

  Duan, Minjie ^a,b   Gao, Qingzhu ^a,b   Wan, Yunfan ^a,b   Li, Yue ^a,b   Guo, Yaqi ^a,b   Ganzhu, Zhabu ^a,b   Liu, Yuntong ^a,b   Qin, Xiaobo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; GRASS CANOPIES; GRAZING TREATMENT; GROWING SEASON; NEAR INFRARED REGION; POTENTIAL MODEL; RED EDGE; RED EDGE PARAMETERS; RED EDGE POSITION; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; REFLECTION;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84869990795     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m11-050     Document Type: Article

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