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Empirical patterns of the influence of Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data on Landscape Metrics
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Bharath H. Aithal 1,2                Bharath Settur 1                Durgappa Sanna D.2                 Ramachandra T V 1,2,3,*
1 Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences [CES], 2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra), 3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 012, India
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Citation : Bharath H. Aithal, Bharath Settur, Durgappa Sanna D., and Ramachandra. T.V., 2012. Empirical patterns of the influence of Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data on Landscape Metrics., International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA), Vol. 2, Issue 3, May-Jun 2012, pp.767-775.
* Corresponding Author :
  Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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