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International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 33, 2012 - Issue 1
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A comparison of Landsat TM and MODIS vegetation indices for estimating forage phenology in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) habitat in the Sonoran Desert, USA

Steven Edward Sesnie Laboratory of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Brett Gary Dickson Laboratory of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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Steven Sheldon Rosenstock Research Branch, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ, 85086, USA
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Jill Marie Rundall Laboratory of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
Pages 276-286 | Received 06 Apr 2011, Accepted 26 May 2011, Published online: 18 Oct 2011

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