Spatial and compositional pattern of alpine treeline, Glacier National Park, Montana

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1261-1268

  Allen, Thomas R ^a,b   Walsh, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE; DEM; ECOTONE; GIS; LANDSAT THERMATIC MAPPER; LANDSAT TM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TREE LINE;

USA, MONTANA, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030302933     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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