The accuracy of ground-cover measurements

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, S E ^a   Meikle, T W ^b   Fitzgerald, C ^b  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b Bitterroot Restoration Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial population; Bare ground; Color bias; Ground cover model; Image analysis; Ocular estimate; Point sampling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AUTOMATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GROUND COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NADIR; RANGELAND; SHRUB;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33749161675     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-069R1.1     Document Type: Article

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