High spatial resolution remotely sensed data for ecosystem characterization

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-521

  Wulder, Michael A ^a   Hall, Ronald J ^b   Coops, Nicholas C ^c   Franklin, Steven E ^d  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest ecology; General ecology; Landscape ecology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942563890     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0511:HSRRSD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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