Mapping threatened dry deciduous dipterocarp forest in South-east Asia for conservation management

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 597-613

  Wohlfart, Christian ^a,b   Wegmann, Martin ^c   Leimgruber, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Company for Remote Sensing and Environmental Research ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional cover; MODIS NDVI; Remote sensing; Time series analysis; Tropical dry forest conservation; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924756782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291400700402     Document Type: Article

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