Vegetation response to intensive commercial horticulture and environmental changes within watersheds in central highlands, Kenya, using AVHRR NDVI data

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-21

  Muriithi, Faith K ^a   Yu, Danlin ^a   Robila, Stefan ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

horticulture; Kenya; NDVI; vegetation; watershed

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HORTICULTURE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NDVI; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED;

KENYA;

EID: 84952300032     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2015.1085736     Document Type: Article

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