A comparison of remote sensing and ground-based methods for monitoring wetland restoration success

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-333

  Shuman, Craig S ^a   Ambrose, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Coastal wetlands; Remote sensing; Restoration monitoring; Salicornia virginica; Salt marsh; Southern California; Vegetation sampling

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0141649132     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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