Detection of red attack stage mountain pine beetle infestation with high spatial resolution satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 340-351

  White, Joanne C ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^a   Brooks, Darin ^b   Reich, Richard ^c   Wheate, Roger D ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Kim Forest Management Ltd   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

IAccuracy assessment; IKONOS; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITES;

IKONOS IMAGERY; IKONOS IMAGES; PINE BEETLES; RED ATTACK TREES;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; IKONOS; PEST OUTBREAK; REMOTE SENSING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CROWNS; DETECTION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUNTAINS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINUS; REMOTE SENSING; TREES;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 21444448107     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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