Phenology-based, remote sensing of post-burn disturbance windows in rangelands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-44

  Sankey, Joel B ^a   Wallace, Cynthia S A ^a   Ravi, Sujith ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia; AVHRR; Erosion; Fourier; Great Basin; Harmonics; MODIS; Sagebrush steppe; Seeding

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; AVHRR; FOURIER; GREAT BASIN; HARMONICS; MODIS; SAGEBRUSH STEPPE;

BIOLOGY; CLOUD SEEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

AVHRR; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATABASE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MODIS; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOLOGY; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL STABILIZATION; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDFIRE;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875143994     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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