Landscape cover dynamics pattern in Meghalaya

Autor:	Partha Sarathi Roy, Sanjay Tomar
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Shifting cultivation Land use Ecology General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Biosphere Climate change Land use land-use change and forestry Vegetation Land cover Physical geography Carbon cycle
Zdroj:	International Journal of Remote Sensing. 22:3813-3825
ISSN:	1366-5901 0143-1161
DOI:	10.1080/01431160010014008
Popis:	Human interventions in natural systems have resulted in large changes in vegetation composition and distribution patterns. The Land Use Change and Climate Change (LUCC) study under the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) is a major initiative in this regard. Changes in land use and hence in vegetation cover, due to climatic change and human activity, affect surface water and energy budgets directly through plant transpiration, surface albedo, emissivity and roughness. They also affect primary production and, therefore, the carbon cycle. Thus, there is a need for spatial and temporal characterization of vegetation cover at different scales, from the global and continental scale to the local patch scale. Satellite remote sensing provides detailed information regarding the spatial distribution and extent of land use changes in the landscape. Meghalaya, in north-east India, is one of the most important, biologically rich landscapes. Degradational activities, namely shifting cultivation, clear fel...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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