Mapping mesquite (Prosopis) distribution and density using visual aerial surveys

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-416

  Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a,d   Shepherd, Damian ^b   Parr, Rob ^b   Robinson, Todd P ^c   Anderson, Linda ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Australia; Invasive plants; Mapping; Monitoring costs; Remote sensing; Visual estimation techniques

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CANOPY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FORTESCUE RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 34547647481     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2007)60[408:MMPDAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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