Remote Sensing of Bush Encroachment on Commercial Cattle Farms in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia

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Remote Sensing of Bush Encroachment on Commercial Cattle Farms in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia. / Schröter, Matthias; Jakoby, Oliver; Olbrich, Roland et al.
Environmental Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development: System Approaches and Advanced Methods. Hrsg. / V. Olej; I. Obršálová; J. Krupka. Hershey : IGI Global Publishing, 2011. S. 327-343.

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in SammelwerkenForschungbegutachtet

Harvard

Schröter, M, Jakoby, O, Olbrich, R, Eichhorn, M & Baumgärtner, S 2011, Remote Sensing of Bush Encroachment on Commercial Cattle Farms in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia. in V Olej, I Obršálová & J Krupka (Hrsg.), Environmental Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development: System Approaches and Advanced Methods. IGI Global Publishing, Hershey , S. 327-343. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-156-0.ch016

APA

Schröter, M., Jakoby, O., Olbrich, R., Eichhorn, M., & Baumgärtner, S. (2011). Remote Sensing of Bush Encroachment on Commercial Cattle Farms in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia. In V. Olej, I. Obršálová, & J. Krupka (Hrsg.), Environmental Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development: System Approaches and Advanced Methods (S. 327-343). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-156-0.ch016

Vancouver

Schröter M, Jakoby O, Olbrich R, Eichhorn M, Baumgärtner S. Remote Sensing of Bush Encroachment on Commercial Cattle Farms in Semi-Arid Rangelands in Namibia. in Olej V, Obršálová I, Krupka J, Hrsg., Environmental Modeling for Sustainable Regional Development: System Approaches and Advanced Methods. Hershey : IGI Global Publishing. 2011. S. 327-343 doi: 10.4018/978-1-60960-156-0.ch016

Bibtex

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abstract = "Bush encroachment is one of the most extensive changes in land cover in semi-arid rangelands and an urgent problem for cattle farming, rapidly reducing the productivity of the rangeland. Despite the severity of these consequences, a complete and accurate assessment of bush encroached areas is still missing at large. This study aims at assessing bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in central Namibia by employing remote sensing methods to distinguish between areas covered by bush and open rangeland. The authors use different classification techniques and vegetation indices to characterize the nature of vegetation cover. Their analysis shows that results are sensitive to specific classifications of indices. As an accuracy assessment could not be run on these results the authors could not analyze which classification approximates real bush encroachment best. Hence, this study highlights the need for further analysis. Ground truth data, in the form of field mappings, high resolution aerial photographs or local expert knowledge are needed to gain further insights and produce reliable results.",
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