A remote sensing-based approach to estimating montado canopy density using the FCD model: a contribution to identifying HNV farmlands in southern Portugal

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-34

  Godinho, Sérgio ^a   Gil, Artur ^b   Guiomar, Nuno ^a   Neves, Nuno ^a,c   Pinto Correia, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Advanced vegetation index; Agroforestry; Canopy density; Dehesa; FCD; Montado

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; STAND DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION MAPPING;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84958034446     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9769-3     Document Type: Article

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