Spatial patterns of ice storm disturbance on a forested landscape in the Appalachian Mountains, Virginia

Area

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-30

  Stueve, Kirk M ^a   Lafon, Charles W ^a   Isaacs, Rachel E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Freezing rain; Ice storm; NDVI; Topography; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST; ICE STORM; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34247124831     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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