Geospatial methods provide timely and comprehensive urban forest information

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Ward, Kathleen T ^a   Johnson, Gary R ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS, remote sensing, forest management

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GPS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 33846232312     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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