Estimation of woody plant species diversity during a dry season in a savanna environment using the spectral and textural information derived from WorldView-2 imagery

• Emmanuel Fundisi ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sgtesfamichael@uj.ac.za (SGT); fundisye@icloud.com (EF)

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-1029

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• Walter Musakwa,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Future Earth and Ecosystems Services Research Group, Doornfontein Campus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2173-0072

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• Fethi B. Ahmed,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Solomon G. Tesfamichael

  Roles Conceptualization

  * E-mail: sgtesfamichael@uj.ac.za (SGT); fundisye@icloud.com (EF)

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

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