Remote sensing from space—present and future applications in forestry, nature conservation and landscape management

Southern African Forestry Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-26

  Kätsch, Christoph ^a   Vogt, Holger ^b  

^a HAWK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Germany)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Disease stress assessment; Environmental monitoring survey; Forest inventory mensuration; Nature conservation; NDVI; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032854107     PISSN: 10295925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10295925.1999.9631222     Document Type: Article

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