How well does NDVI correlate with green biomass, cover and diet quality?
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Publisher
Australian Rangeland Society
Publication Year
2015
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Livestock producers desire improved tools to assess the quality and quantity of pasture on offer to
adjust stocking rates and provide timely protein and energy supplementation. The NDVI (Normalised
Differential Vegetation Index) has been used in environmental and agricultural monitoring for over
40 years to estimate photosynthetic activity, leaf area index and plant biomass accumulation. This
paper presents preliminary findings of 12 months
Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Poster
Additional Information
It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
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Keywords
Australia
diet quality
livestock productivity
Mitchell grass
NDVI
Queensland
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