Assessment and monitoring of deforestation from 1930 to 2011 in Andhra Pradesh, India using remote sensing and collateral data

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 867-875

  Krishna, P Hari ^a   Saranya, K R L ^a   Reddy, C Sudhakar ^a   Jha, C S ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Collateral data; Deforestation; Landscape metrics; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

RHIZOPHORACEAE; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 84906973220     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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