Accuracy assessment of digitized and classified land cover data for wildlife habitat

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-228

  Cunningham, Mary Ann ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification accuracy; Fragmentation; Habitat; Land cover data; Land use data

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT; LAND COVER DATA; LAND USE DATA;

URBAN PLANNING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DIGITIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; STREAM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33750183081     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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