UPM Institutional Repository

Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) applications in rangeland ecosystems and its links with vegetation indices (VI's)


Citation

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

Abstract

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.


Download File

[img]
Preview
PDF (Abstract)
Reviews of Landscape Function Analysis.pdf

Download (260kB) | Preview
Official URL or Download Paper: http://idosi.org/wasj/wasj32(5)2014.htm

Additional Metadata

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Publisher: IDOSI Publications
Keywords: LFA application; NDVI; Rangeland ecosystems; VIs
Depositing User: Umikalthom Abdullah
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2015 01:36
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2016 05:25
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33555
Statistic Details: View Download Statistic

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item