Application of geospatial technology to monitor forest legacy conservation easements

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Williams, Kenton ^a   Sader, Steven A ^a   Pryor, Christopher ^b   Reed, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b New England Forestry Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Easements; Field users; GIS; Monitoring; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD USERS; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; WORKING FOREST CONSERVATION EASEMENT (WFCE);

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONITORING;

EID: 33645827516     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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