Title:	Geostatistical Analysis of NDVI in rotational and continuous grazing pastures
Authors:	GREGO, C. R. MANJOLIN, R. C. NOGUEIRA, S. F. RODRIGUES, C. A. G. SILVA, G. B. S. da CONCEIÇÃO, M. P. C. HERLING, V. R.
Affiliation:	CELIA REGINA GREGO, CNPM; Rodolfo Correa Manjolin, PIBIC-CNPq / CNPM; SANDRA FURLAN NOGUEIRA, CNPM; CRISTINA APARECIDA G RODRIGUES, CNPM; GUSTAVO BAYMA SIQUEIRA DA SILVA, CNPM; Maurício P. C. Conceição, PIBIC/CNPq / CNPM; Valdo Rodrigues Herling, Universidade de São Paulo.
Date Issued:	2016
Citation:	In: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREENHOUSE GASES IN AGRICULTURE, 2., 2016, Campo Grande, MS. Proceedings... Brasília, DF: Embrapa, 2016.
Pages:	p. 121-125.
Description:	Livestock rearing is an important economical activity in Brazil, and its production is affected by pasture management methods. In this context, the use of geostatistics to analyze the spatial variability of the pastures? vegetation indices is valuable for understanding how management methods influence livestock production. Geostatistics is a tool that considers spatial dependency to interpolate data with no tendency and with minimum variance, which enables the production of precise maps using interpolated values at places that were not sampled (Vieira, 2000). The spatialization of vegetation indices such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) helps to evaluate the quality of pastures and to identify areas which may undergo a degradation process. In this study we intended to spatially evaluate two pasture management methods, rotational grazing and continuous grazing, using geostatistics and the NDVI as an indicator obtained from Landsat images of an area located in Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil, taken in 2011.
NAL Thesaurus:	Remote sensing Geostatistics Normalized difference vegetation index Landsat
Series/Report no.:	(Embrapa Gado de Corte. Documentos, 216).
ISSN:	1983-974X
Type of Material:	Artigo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em anais de congresso (CNPM)