Modeling (α- and β-diversity in a tropical forest from remotely sensed and spatial data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 359-368

  Hernández Stefanoni, J Luis ^a   Gallardo Cruz, J Alberto ^b   Meave, Jorge A ^b   Rocchini, Duccio ^c   Bello Pineda, Javier ^d   López Martínez, J Omar ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Image texture; PCNM analysis; Regression kriging; Remote sensing; Species richness; Species turnover; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KRIGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84872771262     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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