Use of radar remote sensing (RADARSAT) to map winter wetland habitat for shorebirds in an agricultural landscape

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-281

  Taft, Oriane W ^a,c   Haig, Susan M ^a   Kiilsgaard, Chris ^b  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Northwest Habitat Institute   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Radar remote sensing; RADARSAT; Shorebirds; Wetland habitat mapping; Willamette valley

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; POLARIZATION; RADAR; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; SHOREBIRDS; WETLAND HABITAT; WILDLIFE;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; LANDSCAPE; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES HABITAT; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WETLAND; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

CHARADRIIFORMES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADAR; SEASONS;

EID: 1342306174     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2920-3     Document Type: Article

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