Relationship between sagebrush species and structural characteristics and Landsat Thematic Mapper data

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-130

  Sivanpillai, Ramesh ^a   Ewers, Brent E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Regression models; Remote sensing; Sage grouse; Semi arid; Transformed bands; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84872386965     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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