Application of a variance decomposition method to compare satellite and aerial inventory data: A tool for evaluating wildlife-habitat relationships

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 173-184

  Brown, G S ^a,b   Rettie, W J ^b   Mallory, F F ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial forest resource inventory; Canonical correspondence analysis; Forest vegetation characterization; Landsat TM; Variance partitioning; Vegetation communities; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; PLANT COMMUNITY; UNGULATE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 33645106976     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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