Image analysis compared with other methods for measuring ground cover

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-100

  Booth, D Terrance ^a,d   Cox, Samuel E ^a   Fifield, Charlie ^b   Phillips, Mike ^b   Willlamson, Nathan ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDI Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^c US National Park Service   (United States)

^d USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare ground; Digital image; Green vegetation cover; Line intercept; Pace transect; Point frame; Remote sensing; VegMeasure

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 16844381570     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980590916486     Document Type: Article

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