Remote sensing as a tool to assess botanical composition, structure, quantity and quality of temperate grasslands

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-14

  Wachendorf, M ^a   Fricke, T ^a   Mockel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

botanical monitoring; forage quality; grassland management; grassland yield

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DECISION MAKING; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; HETEROGENEITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85041948569     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12312     Document Type: Review

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