Examining the ecosystem health and sustainability of the world's largest mangrove forest using multi-temporal MODIS products

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 1241-1254

  Ishtiaque, Asif ^a   Myint, Soe W ^a   Wang, Chuyuan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Forest degradation; Mangroves; MODIS; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST DEGRADATION; MANGROVES; MODIS; SUNDARBANS;

FORESTRY;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MANGROVE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST; INDIA; LEAF AREA; MANGROVE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PERCENT TREE COVER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84989842683     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.200     Document Type: Article

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