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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| author | Mahmoud, Adel M. A. Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Mohd Sood, Alias Alias, Mohamad Azani |
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| description | 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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| spelling | upm-335552016-03-03T05:25:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33555/ Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) Mahmoud, Adel M. A. Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Mohd Sood, Alias Alias, Mohamad Azani 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. IDOSI Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33555/1/Reviews%20of%20Landscape%20Function%20Analysis.pdf Mahmoud, Adel M. A. and Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi and Mohd Sood, Alias and Alias, Mohamad Azani (2014) Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's). World Applied Sciences Journal, 32 (5). pp. 986-991. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 http://idosi.org/wasj/wasj32(5)2014.htm |
| spellingShingle | Mahmoud, Adel M. A. Ismail, Mohd Hasmadi Mohd Sood, Alias Alias, Mohamad Azani Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title | Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title_full | Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title_fullStr | Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title_short | Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's) |
| title_sort | reviews of landscape function analysis (lfa) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (vi's) |
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