Forest cover types derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery for Changbai Mountain area of China

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-216

  Shao, Guoffan ^a   Zhao, Guang ^f   Zhao, Shidong ^c   Shugart, Herman H ^a   Wang, Shaoxian ^d   Schaller, Jörg ^e   Zang, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Bureau of Changbai Natural Reserve   (China)

^e ESRI Gesell F Systemforschung U   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPEN; FOREST COVER TYPE; KOREAN PINE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LARCH; MOUNTAIN BIRCH; WHITE BIRCH;

CHINA, CHANGBAI MOUNTAIN;

BETULA ERMANII; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; LARIX OLGENSIS; PINUS KORAIENSIS; POPULUS DAVIDIANA;

EID: 0029768443     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-024     Document Type: Article

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