Use of fourier transforms to define landscape scales of analysis for disturbances: A case study of thinned and unthinned forest stands

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-454

  Lundquist, J E ^a   Sommerfeld, R A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Hills National Forest; Disturbance impact; Forest diseases; Impact assessment; Remote sensing; South Dakota; USA

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISEASE; DISTURBANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0036909828     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021252222319     Document Type: Article

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