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- Library Collection RecordThis report summarizes the results of the jaguar habitat assessment project and other related activities of the Jaguar Habitat Subcommittee of the AGFD Jaguar Conservation Team.Publication Date 2006
- jaguars
- Arizona
- mapping
- habitats
- Library Collection RecordAbstract—A variety of efforts are taking place to detect, inventory, and monitor the wild felids (pumas, bobcats, jaguars, and ocelots) of the Madrean Archipelago. Researchers are using a suite of…Publication Date 2005
- jaguars
- Arizona
- mapping
- habitats
- National Park Service Border Cats Project
- Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project
- Library Collection RecordReport prepared for BirdLife International Americas. The growing loss of native grasslands is a worldwide challenge, not only in terms of addressing the agents of change but also in terms of…Publication Date 2022
- native grasslands
- remote sensing
- mapping
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-12-01
- Utah
- laws and regulations
- interpretation
- infrared imagery
- mapping
- maps
- federal government
- wetlands
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1995-02-01
- topography
- amortization
- spreadsheets
- landscapes
- grazing behavior
- productive life
- pastures
- mapping
- cost benefit analysis
- forage
- grassland improvement
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2000-08-01
- Montana
- Weeds
- mapping
- multispectral imagery
- remote sensing
- global positioning systems
- aerial surveys
- Library Collection RecordContains weed species profiles and lists, the Southwest Exotic Mapping Program, the Alien Plant Ranking system and the Arizona Wildlands Invasive Plant Database.
- invasive species
- mapping
- noxious plants
- Arizona
- Southwest
- species lists
- United States
- Library Collection RecordMapping the distribution and abundance of invasive plants is a high priority, but establishing cost-effective and practical techniques at appropriate scales remains elusive. Mesquite is a highly…Publication Date 2007-07-01
- aerial surveys
- Australia
- invasive plants
- mapping
- monitoring costs
- remote sensing
- visual estimation techniques
- Library Collection RecordPotential vegetation environments (e.g., habitat types, range sites, ecological sites) are important to land managers because they provide a conceptual basis for the description of resource…Publication Date 2001-09-01
- Little Missouri National Grasslands
- satellite surveys
- mapping
- Landsat
- shrublands
- land use planning
- habitats
- topography
- satellite imagery
- grasslands
- prediction
- range condition
- plant communities
- woodlands
- climatic factors
- grazing
- North Dakota
- habitat types
- ecological sites
- range sites
- ecological classification
- geographic information systems
- remote sensing
- vegetation mapping
- ecological units
- Library Collection RecordInformed management of large herbivores depends largely on how well habitat availability and suitability are understood. The aims of the study were to quantify and map the distribution of sour and…Publication Date 2002-03-01
- game reserves
- sourveld
- mixed veld
- game animals
- mapping
- habitat selection
- habitats
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- South Africa
- veld
- natural grasslands
- plant communities
- wildlife management
- biomass
- botanical composition
- wildlife
- GIS
- remote sensing
- Landsat
- ground-truthing
- Library Collection RecordRangeland plant communities of the Intermountain West differ in their ecology and management requirements. Successful management of extensive areas at plant community-level resolution first requires…Publication Date 2001-03-01
- satellites
- Pinopsida
- resolution
- thematic mapper
- systeme probatoire d'observations de la terre
- irrigated conditions
- mapping
- Landsat
- artemisia arbuscula
- Purshia tridentata
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- multispectral imagery
- vegetation types
- Populus tremuloides
- Idaho
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant communities
- rangelands
- Cover type
- maximum likelihood
- multispectral
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- supervised classification|\vegetation
- Library Collection RecordManagement of grasslands subject to replacement by woody species requires an understanding of the scales and patterns of change and how to detect and express them. We used the Jornada del Muerto…Publication Date 1997-05-01
- mapping
- Landsat
- change
- ecological balance
- computer techniques
- remote sensing
- satellite imagery
- grasslands
- plant communities
- grazing
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordA computer simulation study was conducted to evaluate the effects of pattern on the precision of frequency estimates as determined from random and systematic plot placement. Computer graphics were…Publication Date 1987-09-01
- mapping
- probability analysis
- distribution
- frequency
- vegetation types
- computer simulation
- sampling
- Library Collection RecordThe construction and use of an acrylic mapping table for obtaining basic demographic information from plant populations is described. The table permits accurate and precise location of mapping…Publication Date 1988-05-01
- phylogeny
- mapping
- equipment
- methodology
- life cycle
- plant ecology
- population dynamics
- mortality
- phenology
- Library Collection RecordA lightweight aluminum photograph stand has been developed to record vegetation in permanent plots. At a camera height of 7 m the plot size is 14 m2 when using a 70 mm camera with an 80 mm lens.…Publication Date 1985-05-01
- mapping
- aerial photography
- plant communities
- semiarid zones
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1950-04-01
- mapping
- Army
- Yakima
- Fort Lewis
- Preflight
- Flight
- Time Vegetation
- lines
- Inaccesible Areas
- Stockwatering
- photographs
- Preparation
- Site Classification
- Aerial
- Soil Conservation Service
- land management
- helicopter
- fences
- soil
- advantages
- Disadvantages
- range condition
- grazing
- Washington
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made…Publication Date 1954-09-01
- Rewards
- rangeland management
- Wildland Managers
- Skill
- botany
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Zoology
- Field Training
- Surveying
- mapping
- Language
- Preparation
- subject matter
- knowledge
- Chemistry
- college
- Profession
- animal husbandry
- science
- soils
- plants
- education
- training
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available
- forestry
- mapping
- Colorado
- Library Collection RecordWe show how the magnitude of vegetation response to major rainfalls can be determined from satellite data and be used to produce scaled paddock maps of landscape resilience. These maps assist in…Publication Date 1996
- satellites
- mapping
- rainfall
- land management
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe land resources of pastoral properties representative of the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory are being mapped and management strategies for the different land types are being…Publication Date 1996
- land
- management
- mapping
- resources
- north Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2000
- vegetation index
- mapping
- Natural resources management
- projects
- New South Wales
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availalble.Publication Date 2002
- Biophysics
- mapping
- rangelands
- models
- Field Work
- Land Units
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not available.Publication Date 2002
- management
- ecosystems
- projects
- landscape
- monitoring techniques
- mapping
- Australia
- change
- Pastoralists
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not Available.Publication Date 2002
- rangelands
- mapping
- aerial photography
- satellite imagery
- Computer systems (applications)
- Western Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe main driver behind the Queensland and Australian governments' work on wetlands is to support projects and programs that will result in long-term benefits to the biodiversity, management…Publication Date 2006
- wetlands
- programmes
- mapping
- projects
- Queensland
- Library Collection RecordBuffel grass is an introduced perennial tussock grass, which has improved rangeland pastoral production and helped land rehabilitation. More recently, its invasive capacity has been of concern and…Publication Date 2006
- mapping
- adaptation
- Buffel grass (Cenchrus)
- Northern Australia
- species composition
- Library Collection RecordThe map and datas of long-term vegetation transects, precipitation, maps, photos, and bibliography.
- mapping
- experiments
- rangelands
- Santa Rita
- Library Collection RecordThe maps including pastures, cover, elevation, geology, landforms, shaded relief, slope angle, TES units, vegetation and watersheds.
- application
- Arizona
- mapping
- rangelands
- Library Collection RecordA joint team from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Land Information has recentlycompleted its largest endeavour yet - land classification, mapping and resource evaluation of 181,…Publication Date 2004
- land classification
- mapping
- pastoralism
- resource evaluation
- Library Collection RecordThe main land resource dataset in the Kimberley is reconnaissance land systems mapping conducted ata scale of 1:250,000 by CSIRO in the 1950s. Land systems delineate areas of recurring patterns…Publication Date 2004
- mapping
- land management
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT South Africa's first national assessment of spatial priorities for biodiversity conservation, released in 2005, aimed to identify conservation priority areas for mainstreaming into all…Publication Date 2007
- National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
- conservation planning
- mainstreaming
- Implementation
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- ecosystems
- monitoring
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAims Mapping vegetation through remotely sensed images involves various considerations, processes and techniques. Increasing availability of remotely sensed images due to the rapid advancement of…Publication Date 2008
- vegetation mapping
- remote sensing sensors
- image processing
- image classification
- mapping
- remote sensing
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAlthough a variety of hierarchical image segmentation procedures for remote sensing imagery have been published, none of them specifically integrates remote sensing time series in spatial or…Publication Date 2008
- Hierarchical image segmentation
- Fast Fourier transform
- NDVI time series
- vegetation mapping
- mapping
- remote sensing
- ecosystem dynamics
- ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordIn South Africa, formal titles to land have generally been restricted to 'commercial' farms under white ownership. However, in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape Province, mapping of…Publication Date 2008
- mapping
- Formalisation
- Land rights
- communal rangeland
- South Africa
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordThere is an urgent need for quantitative methods by which actual, as opposed to potential degradation can be mapped using spatially consistent criteria for large regions. This study tested the Local…Publication Date 2008
- AVHRR
- Communal lands
- desertification
- Local NPP scaling
- rangelands
- South Africa
- communal farming
- remote sensing
- degradation
- mapping
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordKey resource areas (KRAs), defined as dry season foraging zones for herbivores, were studied relative to the more extensive outlying rangeland areas (non-KRAs) in Kenya. Field surveys with…Publication Date 2008
- drought
- forage
- foraging
- herbivore
- Pastoralist
- rangeland
- Satellite
- topography
- rangelands
- foraging ecology
- mapping
- ecosystem ecology
- landscape ecology
- soils
- monitoring
- conservation
- decision support systems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAdvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index data (NDVI, 1 km2, 1985-2003) and modeled net primary production (NPP, 8 km2, 1981-2000) data were used to…Publication Date 2007
- monitoring
- AVHRR
- NDVI
- rain-use efficiency
- NPP
- Communal lands
- South Africa
- degradation
- land use
- remote sensing
- NDVI values
- mapping
- rainfall
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRemote sensing has successfully been applied to map the distribution of canopy dominating invasive species. Many invaders however, do not dominate the canopy, and remote sensing has so far not been…Publication Date 2006
- remote sensing
- GIS
- Chromolaena odorata
- seed production
- light intensity
- invasive species
- mapping
- Alien invasive species
- Landsat images
- grazing
- biological control
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordOne of the many contentious issues facing the appropriate and accurate assessment of land degradation is the varying emphasis placed on vegetation degradation and soil degradation processes. This has…Publication Date 2006
- vegetation degradation
- soil degradation
- remote sensing
- land use
- Land cover
- Tanzania
- degradation
- Soil Condition
- mapping
- rainfall
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWe present a remote sensing based vegetation mapping technique well suited to a heterogeneous, semi-arid environment. 10 structural vegetation classes were identified and described on the ground.…Publication Date 2000
- remote sensing
- mapping
- Landsat images
- rangelands
- disturbance
- rangeland condition
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions: What are the patterns of remotely sensed vegetation phenology, including their inter-annual variability, across South Africa? What are the phenological attributes that contribute most to…Publication Date 2011
- Phytosociology
- AVHRR
- Biomes
- NDVI
- net primary production
- phenology
- Regression tree
- vegetation mapping
- mapping
- remote sensing
- plant production
- rainfall
- diversity
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Various attempts have been made to describe and map the vegetation of southern Africa with recent efforts having an increasingly ecologi cal context. Vegetation classification is usually…Publication Date 2004
- biome
- GIS
- NDVI
- satellite imagery
- Time series analysis
- Vegetation classification
- remote sensing
- mapping
- ecology
- ecosystem ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordABSTRACT Most national or regional initiatives aimed at managing biological invasions lack objective protocols for prioritizing invasive species and areas based on likely future dimensions of spread…Publication Date 2004
- Bioclimatic modelling
- biological invasions
- Mahalanobis distance
- predictive models
- spatial distribution
- Working for Water programme
- climate
- mapping
- Alien invasive species
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordAim In the framework of the Global Land Cover 2000 (GLC 2000), a land-cover map of Africa has been produced at a spatial resolution of 1 km using data from four sensors on-board four different Earth…Publication Date 2004
- Africa
- Land cover
- mapping
- remote sensing
- landscape ecology
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordPredicting the probability of successful establishment of plant species by matching climatic variables has considerable potential for incorporation in early warning systems for the management of…Publication Date 2005
- Bioclimatic modelling
- biological invasions
- exotic species
- Invasive alien species
- plant invasions
- prediction
- propagule pressure
- risk assessment
- management
- Alien invasive species
- hazard assessment
- modelling
- biodiversity
- mapping
- climate
- ecosystems
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestion The co-existence of woody plants and grasses characterize savannas, with the horizontal and vertical spatial arrangement of trees creating a heterogeneous biotic environment. To understand…Publication Date 2014
- Carnegie Airborne Observatory
- heterogeneity
- LiDAR
- Object-based image classification
- vegetation structure
- woody vegetation
- savanna
- remote sensing
- biodiversity
- conservation
- mapping
- management
- monitoring
- vegetation analysis
- Sabi Sand Wildtuin and Kruger National Park
- Mpumalanga province
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordSummary * 1The success of large-scale cattle ranching in African savanna vegetation has often been limited by problems of bush encroachment and disease (in particular trypanosomiasis spread by tsetse…Publication Date 2003
- Bush encroachment
- East Africa
- grazing patterns
- Landsat TM
- remote sensing
- Vegetation classification
- indigenous encroaching species
- shrub encroachment
- cattle
- savanna
- commercial agriculture
- vegetation dynamics
- grazing
- mapping
- Landsat images
- Economic Aspects
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordA set of global greenhouse gas emission inventories has been compiled per source category for the 1990 annual emissions of the direct greenhouse gases CO2, CH4 and N2O, as well as of the indirect…Publication Date 1999
- global
- emissions
- inventory
- carbon dioxide
- Methane
- nitrous oxide
- Greenhouse gas
- sources
- Country
- Sectors
- greenhouse gases
- mapping
- climate change
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordCriteria and indicators (C&I) have become primary tools in implementing the principle of sustainable resource management. To carry out this principle, it is necessary to develop methodologies…Publication Date 2003
- sustainability
- Multi-criteria analysis
- Criteria and indicators
- Cognitive mapping
- management
- decision support systems
- mapping
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordQuestions as to whether public investment in international agricultural research is a [`]Good Thing' or not may best be addressed using two arguments: (1) justifications based on whether or not…Publication Date 2003
- livestock
- System
- classification
- mapping
- animal production
- economics
- agriculture
- subsistence agriculture
- Africa