Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tgei20 Download by: [UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL] Date: 10 November 2016, At: 04:55 Geocarto International ISSN: 1010-6049 (Print) 1752-0762 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tgei20 Detecting and mapping levels of Gonipterus scutellatus-induced vegetation defoliation and leaf area index using spatially optimized vegetation indices Romano Lottering, Onisimo Mutanga & Kabir Peerbhay To cite this article: Romano Lottering, Onisimo Mutanga & Kabir Peerbhay (2016): Detecting and mapping levels of Gonipterus scutellatus-induced vegetation defoliation and leaf area index using spatially optimized vegetation indices, Geocarto International, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2016.1250823 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2016.1250823 Accepted author version posted online: 19 Oct 2016. Published online: 10 Nov 2016. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 6 View related articles View Crossmark data