Secondary forest age and tropical forest biomass estimation using thematic mapper imagery

BioScience

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-431

  Nelson, Ross F ^a   Kimes, Daniel S ^a   Salas, William A ^b   Routhier, Michael ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 0033856482     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0419:SFAATF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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