Mapping areas invaded by Prosopis juliflora in Somaliland on Landsat 8 imagery

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9637, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rembold, Felix ^a   Leonardi, Ugo ^b   Ng, Wai Tim ^c   Gadain, Hussein ^b   Meroni, Michele ^a   Atzberger, Clement ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

invasive species; Prosopis juliflora; Remote sensing; Somaliland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPETITION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

CANOPY WATER CONTENTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SOMALILAND; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84961828012     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2193133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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