High-resolution satellite remote sensing: A new frontier for biodiversity exploration in Indian Himalayan forests

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2006-2022

  Gairola, Sanjay ^a   Procheş, Şerban ^a   Rocchini, Duccio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL GRADIENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84870519205     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.730161     Document Type: Review

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