Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's)
Monitoring and evaluating the distribution and dynamics of vegetation cover in rangelands is very important to study the impact of human activities and climate change on rangeland ecosystems. The scientist’s predictions of positive and negative changes in rangeland conditions were difficult in man...
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| Language: | English |
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IDOSI Publications
2014
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33555/1/Reviews%20of%20Landscape%20Function%20Analysis.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33555/ http://idosi.org/wasj/wasj32(5)2014.htm |
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| Summary: | Monitoring and evaluating the distribution and dynamics of vegetation cover in rangelands is very
important to study the impact of human activities and climate change on rangeland ecosystems. The scientist’s
predictions of positive and negative changes in rangeland conditions were difficult in many cases due to weak
understanding of the interaction between causes and effects as well as limited information about vegetation
and soil at large areas. The use of some newly developed indicators has changed this status and increased our
knowledge about rangeland ecosystem. Recently, the most used indicators to monitor rangeland ecosystem
dynamics is Landscape Function Analysis (LFA). This paper aims to review the recent applications of LFA
methodology and its relationship with some Spectral Vegetation Indices (VIs) in rangeland ecological studies
and discuss its expected key role in future researches. |
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