Remote sensing of forest regeneration in highland tropical forests

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-79

  Aguilar, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444384505     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.42.1.66     Document Type: Review

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