Evaluating ecoregions for sampling and mapping land-cover patterns

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 781-788

  Riitters, Kurt H ^a   Wickham, James D ^b   Wade, Timothy G ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; WATERSHEDS;

GEOGRAPHIC SCALES; LAND-COVER PATTERNS; LANDSCAPE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOREGION; LAND COVER; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STRATIFICATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745627766     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.72.7.781     Document Type: Article

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