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Use of remotely sensed data in the analysis of soil‐vegetation changes along a drying gradient peripheral to the Okavango Delta, Botswana
- Source :
- International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26:4293-4319
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2005.
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Abstract
- This work determines the value of remotely sensed imagery in developing drying impacts which occur as a result of internal and/or external factors in the Okavango catchment. Three sites provide a preview of the consequences of Delta margin drying as depicted over historical, intermediate and geological timescales. Initially, supervised classification resulted in the identification of sequences of islands and flood plains and their associated vegetation cover on ETM+ imagery, with a classification accuracy of 74–77%. Comparative results, augmented by patch analysis, suggest that through time, island woody vegetation cover has invaded the flood plains and locally developed protected ecotonal areas (extensions) which are densely treed, relative to adjacent, non‐protected flood plains. Over longer time periods, protected areas between extensions became infilled with woody vegetation leading to, in effect, island enlargement or agglomeration. Disadvantages of long‐term Delta drying in terms of natural resource...
Details
- ISSN :
- 13665901 and 01431161
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........982bbefb02796bba38e6f9c3080d3a7c