Mapping ecological attributes using an integrated vegetation classification system approach

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 245-263

  Long, Donald G ^a   Menakis, James P ^a   Keane, Robert E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel characteristics; Geographic information systems; GIS; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED APPROACH; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 0033763803     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v11n01_10     Document Type: Article

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