Assessment of Mediterranean pasture condition using MODIS normalized difference vegetation index time series

Mouat, D. A., C. A. Fox and M. R. Rose , “Ecological indicator strategy for monitoring arid ecosystems,” in Ecological Indicators. Proceedings of an International Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 16–19 (October 1990),

D. H. McKenzie , D. E. Hyatt and V. J. McDonald , Eds., pp. 717–737, Chapman & Hall, London, UK (1992).

Veron, 2006, J. Arid Environ., 66, 751, 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.01.021

Diouf, 2001, J. Arid Environ., 48, 129, 10.1006/jare.2000.0744

Wessels, 2008, J. Arid Environ., 72, 1940, 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.011

Prince, S. D. , “Spatial and temporal scale for detection of desertification,” inDo Humans Create Deserts?, J. F. Reynolds and M. Stafford-Smith , Eds., pp. 23–40, Dahlem University Press, Berlin (2002).

Enne, G. et al., “Agro-pastoral activities and land degradation in Mediterranean areas: case study of Sardinia,” inMediterranean Desertification: A Mosaic of Processes and Responses, J. Thornes , J. Brandt and N. Geeson , Eds., pp. 71–82, John Wiley, Chicester (2002).

Madrau, S. et al., “Carta Ecopedologica della Sardegna alla scala 1.250.000,” Dipartimento Ingegneria del Territorio, Nucleo Ricerca Desertificazione, Università di Sassari. Gallizzi ed., Sassari (2006).

Klingebiel, A. A. and P. H. Montgomery , “Land capability classification,”Agriculture Handbook No. 210, USDA, Washington, DC (1961).

Duce, P. et al., “Effect of future climatic variability on agricolture in a Mediterranean region,” 26th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2002), http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/79712.pdf.

Harrell, F. E. , “Package ‘Design’,” (2009). Available at: CRAN:http://cran.rproject.org/web/ packages/Design/index.html.

Paruelo, 2000, Appl. Veg. Sci., 3, 189, 10.2307/1478997

Xu, 2010, J. Arid Environ., 74, 498, 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.030