Monitoring hemlock forest health in New Jersey using Landsat TM data and change detection techniques

Forest Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-335

  Royle, Denise D ^a   Lathrop, Richard G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Image differencing; Insect defoliation; Remote sensing; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030774595     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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