Integrated approaches, multiple scales: Snag dynamics in burned versus unburned landscapes

Professional Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-405

  Mast, Joy Nystrom ^a   Chambers, Carol L ^b  

^a CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Multiscalar; NDVI; Snag dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; FIELD METHOD; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33750129262     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9272.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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