Large-area mountain pine beetle infestations: Spatial data representation and accuracy

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Nelson, Trisalyn ^a   Boots, Barry ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data representation; Kernel density estimators; Mountain pine beetle; Uncertainty; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; HELICOPTERS; SURVEYS; VISUALIZATION;

DATA REPRESENTATION; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATORS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; UNCERTAINTY;

PEST CONTROL;

AERIAL SURVEY; BEETLE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SPATIAL DATA;

HELICOPTERS; PEST CONTROL; PINUS; SURVEYS;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 33645657836     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82243-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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