Using time-series satellite vegetation indices to assess fractional plant cover changes and ecological recovery for riparian restoration sites on the Colorado Plateau

Armando Barreto-munoz1, Pamela L Nagler2, Christopher J. Jarchow3, Kamel Didan1, Patrick B Shafroth4 and Eduardo Gonzalez5, (1)University of Arizona, Biosystems Engineering, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Pacifica, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Biology, Fort Collins, CO, United States