A test of the use of NDVI data to predict secondary productivity

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-208

  Posse, Gabriela ^a   Cingolani, Ana María ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Heathland; Landscape scale; Lawn; Magellanic steppe; NOAA AVHRR; Payability; Sheep; Tussock

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 9644265448     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00611.x     Document Type: Article

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