Geospatial assessment and monitoring of historical forest cover changes (1920–2012) in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8125-8140

  Satish, K V ^a   Saranya, K R L ^a   Reddy, C Sudhakar ^a   Krishna, P Hari ^a   Jha, C S ^a   Rao, P V V Prasada ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosphere reserve; Conservation; Deforestation; Nilgiri; Remote sensing; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERICS; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING; BIOSPHERE RESERVE; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; NILGIRI; VISUAL INTERPRETATION; WESTERN GHATS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; INDIA; PLANTATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; INDIA;

INDIA; NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; WESTERN GHATS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INDIA;

EID: 84924268436     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3991-3     Document Type: Article

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