Evaluation of aerial photography for predicting trends in structural attributes of Australian woodland including comparison with ground-based monitoring data

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 392-401

  Fensham, Roderick J ^a   Bray, Steven G ^b   Fairfax, Russell J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon accounting; Eucalypt savanna; Structural change; Vegetation thickening

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARBON; LAND USE; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

BASAL AREA; CARBON ACCOUNTING; DIVERGENTS; EUCALYPT SAVANNA; GROUND-BASED MONITORING; SAMPLE DENSITY; SPATIAL SCALE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; VEGETATION THICKENING; WOODY BIOMASS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PASTORALISM; SAVANNA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUCALYPTUS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IMAGE QUALITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE GROWTH; VEGETATION; WOOD; WOODY PLANT;

EID: 33847410619     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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