Using spatial pattern to quantify relationship between samples, surroundings, and populations

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 221-230

  Wulder, Michael A ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^b   Seemann, David ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest inventory; Forest monitoring; Land cover mapping; Landsat; Large area; Large area mapping; Photo plots; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON BUDGET; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MONITORING; FOREST PATTTERN; LAND COVER;

FORESTRY;

CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST INVENTORY; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; SPATIAL DATA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREES;

DATA PROCESSING; E I S; LAND SURVEY; MAPPING; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347374656     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9470-8     Document Type: Article

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