The use of high resolution digital camera imagery to characterize the distribution of Pteronia incana invader species in Ngqushwa (formerly Peddie) District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2735-2752

  Kakembo, V ^a   Palmer, A ^b   Rowntree, K ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC Range and Forage Institute   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGERY; PERPENDICULAR VEGETATION INDEX (PVI); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INFRARED IMAGING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; GIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; NDVI; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; NGQUSHWA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PTERONIA INCANA;

EID: 33747107385     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600554314     Document Type: Article

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