Distribution and dynamics of mangrove forests of South Asia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 101-111

  Giri, Chandra ^a   Long, Jordan ^a   Abbas, Sawaid ^b,c   Murali, R Mani ^d   Qamer, Faisal M ^e   Pengra, Bruce ^a   Thau, David ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^f GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Landsat; Mangrove forest cover change; Mangrove forests; Remote sensing; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

BANGLADESH; FOREST COVER CHANGE; IMAGES PROCESSING; LANDSAT; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE FOREST COVER CHANGE; PAKISTAN; REMOTE-SENSING; SOUTH ASIA;

LANDSAT;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; HURRICANE; INDIA; LAND USE; MANGROVE; MINING; PAKISTAN; REMOTE SENSING; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WETLAND;

BANGLADESH; GOA; INDIA; INDUS DELTA; PAKISTAN; SIND; SUNDARBANS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; HUMANS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84918583312     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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