Ecosystem performance monitoring of rangelands by integrating modeling and remote sensing

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-252

  Wylie, Bruce K ^a   Boyte, Stephen P ^a   Major, Donald J ^b  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b US Department of the Interior Bureau Land Management Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Ecological model; Great Basin; NDVI; Sagebrush steppe; Site potential

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; STEPPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION TYPE;

OWYHEE PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84870221626     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-11-00058.1     Document Type: Article

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