A global, remote sensing-based characterization of terrestrial habitat heterogeneity for biodiversity and ecosystem modelling

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1329-1339

  Tuanmu, Mao Ning ^a   Jetz, Walter ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Heterogeneity diversity relationship; Image texture; MODIS; Species richness; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION INDEX;

UNITED STATES;

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EID: 84943452315     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12365     Document Type: Article

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