Assessing the effects of subtropical forest fragmentation on leaf nitrogen distribution using remote sensing data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1479-1491

  Cho, Moses Azong ^a   Ramoelo, Abel ^a   Debba, Pravesh ^a   Mutanga, Onisimo ^b   Mathieu, Renaud ^a   van Deventer, Heidi ^a   Ndlovu, Nomzamo ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Leaf nitrogen; Remote sensing; Subtropical forest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DEFORESTATION; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEAF; MERIS; NITROGEN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SECONDARY FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSISTENCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84884818032     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9908-7     Document Type: Article

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