A digital land cover map of Wyoming, USA: A tool for vegetation analysis

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Driese, Kenneth L ^a   Reiners, William A ^a   Merrill, Evelyn H ^b   Gerow, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; GIS; Grassland shrubland transition; Great Plains; Landsat; Remote Sensing; Rocky Mountains; Satellite Imagery; Treeline

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MAP; GIS; LAND COVER; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

USA, WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; ASTERACEAE; PINACEAE; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0030620077     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237251     Document Type: Article

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