Estimation of tree canopy cover in evergreen oak woodlands using remote sensing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Carreiras, João M B ^a   Pereira, José M C ^a   Pereira, João S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerial photo; Evergreen oak woodlands; Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM); Linear regression; Tree canopy cover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTO; EVERGREEN OAK WOODLANDS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LINEAR REGRESSION; TREE CANOPY COVER;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CANOPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING;

FOLIAR ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; QUERCUS;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 32344437344     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.056     Document Type: Article

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