Application of 1-m and 4-m resolution satellite data to ecological studies of tropical rain forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-74

  Clark, David B ^a,b,f   Read, Jane M ^c   Clark, Matthew L ^b,d   Cruz, Ana Murillo ^e   Dotti, Marianela Fallas ^e   Clark, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b La Selva Biological Station   (Costa Rica)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Fine spatial resolution data; Forest biomass; High resolution satellite data; IKONOS; QuickBird; Remote sensing; Selective logging; Tropical land use; Tropical rain forest; Tropical secondary forests

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAINFOREST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 1242276490     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5120     Document Type: Article

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