This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
map**, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …

We surveyed a group of rangeland managers in the Southwest about vegetation monitoring
needs on grassland. Based on their responses, the objective of the RANGES (Rangeland …

Rangelands are grasslands, shrublands, and savannas used by wildlife for habitat and
livestock in order to produce food and fiber. Assessment and monitoring of rangelands are …

Aboveground net primary production (ANPP) of grasslands varies spatially and temporally.
Spectral information provided by remote sensors is a promising new tool that may be able to …

Objective management of grazing livestock production systems needs monitoring of forage
production at the managerial unit level. Our objectives were to develop a system that …

That data from polar orbiting satellites have detected a widespread increase in
photosynthetic activity over the last 20 years in the grasslands of the Sahel is justifies …

We present and describe a modeling and analysis framework for monitoring protected area
(PA) ecosystems with net primary productivity (NPP) as an indicator of health. It brings …

The net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of carbon flux can be partitioned into gross primary
productivity (GPP) and respiration (R). The contribution of remote sensing and modeling …

The degree of rangeland degradation in the United States is unknown due to the failure of
traditional field-based monitoring to capture the range of variability of ecological indicators …

Both the net primary productivity (NPP) and the normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) are commonly used as indicators to characterize vegetation vigor, and NDVI has …