Tree biodiversity in protected and logged Bornean tropical rain forests and its measurement by satellite remote sensing

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1053-1066

  Foody, Giles M ^a   Cutler, Mark E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evenness; Neural network; Rain forest; Remote sensing; Richness; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING;

BORNEO;

EID: 0037897270     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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