Using Landsat images to detect oak decline in the Mark Twain National Forest, Ozark Highlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Wang, Cuizhen ^a   Lu, Zhenqian ^a   Haithcoat, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; NDWI; Oak decline; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST DYNAMICS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX (NDWI); OAK DECLINE; SATELLITE IMAGES;

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIEBACK; DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST HEALTH; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MOISTURE CONTENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORESTS; MAPPING; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 33846865312     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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