Table 1.

Summary of Landsat bands used as input environmental datasets in development of ecological niche models.

Landsat bands	Band characteristics
1 (blue-green)	Useful for soil-vegetation differentiation.
2 (green)	Differentiates green reflectance from healthy vegetation
3 (red)	Detect chlorophyll absorption in vegetation
4 (near-infrared)	Detect near-infrared reflectance peaks in healthy green vegetation, and water-land interfaces
5 and 7 (mid-infrared)	Useful in characterizing vegetation and soil moisture.
6.1 (far-infrared)	Designed to assist in thermal mapping, and for soil moisture and vegetation studies