The vegetal cover offers several benefits to society, but historically it has been suppressed by anthropic occupation in urban areas. The analysis of its distribution, quantification and qualification offers subsidies for ...

This study brings results on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the Adjusted Vegetation Index of Soil (SAVI) and the Index of Water by Normalized Difference (NDWI) through a method that uses correlation matrices ...

Vegetation natural regeneration after agricultural abandonment is changing the landscape patterns in many areas worldwide. However, the expansion rate, spatio-temporal dynamics, and the role of past vegetation cover in ...

Balance anual 2015 del proyecto "Sistema de Información virtual para la gestión de la información y del conocimiento sobre diversidad biológica y el medio ambiente en Cuba" en cuanto a la temática: Mapa de cobertura vegetal ...

Understanding the effects of vegetation cover on seedling survival is helpful for promoting vegetation restoration in environmentally fragile zones. This study was conducted in the desertified, moving sand dunes of Horqin ...

The natural salt meadows of Tilopozo in the hyperarid, Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which are located at approximately 2800 m above sea level, are under pressure from industrial activity, and cultivation and grazing ...

Deforestation in the tropical Andes is affecting ecological conditions of streams, and determination of how much forest should be retained is a pressing task for conservation, restoration and management strategies. We ...

Vegetation exerts a strong control on water balance and key hydrological variables like evapotranspiration,water yield or even the flooded area may result severely affected by vegetation changes. Particularly,transitions ...