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The African C4 grass, Pennisetum ciliare, is transforming ecosystems on three continents and a number of neotropical islands by introducing a grass-fire cycle. However, previous attempts at discriminating P. ciliare in North America using multi-spectral imagery have been unsuccessful. In this paper, we integrate field measurements of hyperspectral plant species signatures and canopy cover with multi-temporal spectral analysis to identify opportunities for detection using moderate-resolution multi-spectral imagery. By applying these results to Landsat TM imagery, we show that multi-spectral discrimination of P. ciliare in heterogeneous mixed desert scrub is feasible, but only at high abundance levels that may have limited value to land managers seeking to control invasion. Much higher discriminability is possible with hyperspectral shortwave infrared imagery because of differences in non-photosynthetic vegetation in uninvaded and invaded landscapes during dormant seasons but these spectra are unavailable in multispectral sensors. Therefore, we recommend hyperspectral imagery for distinguishing invasive grass-dominated landscapes from uninvaded desert scrub.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs3102283","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,21]],"date-time":"2011-10-21T11:37:59Z","timestamp":1319197079000},"page":"2283-2304","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Feasibility of Invasive Grass Detection in a Desertscrub Community Using Hyperspectral Field Measurements and Landsat TM Imagery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Aaryn D.","family":"Olsson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Office of Arid Lands Studies, Arizona Remote Sensing Center, The University of Arizona, 1955 E. Sixth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA"},{"name":"College of Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University, P.O. 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