Evaluating the performance of multiple remote sensing indices to predict the spatial variability of ecosystem structure and functioning in Patagonian steppes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-191

  Gaitán, Juan J ^a   Bran, Donaldo ^a   Oliva, Gabriel ^b   Ciari, Georgina ^b   Nakamatsu, Viviana ^b   Salomone, Jorge ^b   Ferrante, Daniela ^b   Buono, Gustavo ^b   Massara, Virginia ^b   Humano, Gervasio ^b   Celdrán, Diego ^b   Opazo, Walter ^b   Maestre, Fernando T ^c  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desertification; Ecosystem functioning; Landscape function analysis; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; LANDSCAPE FUNCTION ANALYSIS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; REMOTE SENSING INDEX; SPECTRAL VEGETATION INDICES; VEGETATION INDEX;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; MODIS; NDVI; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEPPE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PATAGONIA;

EID: 84878828114     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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