Dynamic land cover information: Bridging the gap between remote sensing and natural resource management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Thackway, Richard ^a   Lymburner, Leo ^b   Guerschman, Juan Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic land cover; Fractional ground cover; Imagery archives; Land management practices; Natural resource management outcomes; On ground actions; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GROUND COVER; LAND COVER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876755392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05229-180102     Document Type: Article

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