Tree invasion within a pine/grassland ecotone: An approach with historic aerial photography and GIS modeling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-194

  Mast, Joy Nystrom ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b   Hodgson, Michael E ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Front Range; Image processing; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ECOTONE; FOREST; FOREST-GRASSLAND ECOTONE; GIS; GRASSLAND; PONDEROSA PINE; TREE INVASION;

USA, COLORADO, FRONT RANGE;

PINACEAE; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0030616898     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03954-0     Document Type: Article

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