Mapping conifer understory within boreal mixedwoods from Landsat TM satellite imagery and forest inventory information

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 887-902

  Hall, R J ^a   Peddle, D R ^a   Klita, D L ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood; Conifer understory; Forest inventory; Image classification; Landsat TM; Reflectance; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNDERSTORY;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0034463413     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc76887-6     Document Type: Article

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