Mapping species density of trees, shrubs and vines in a tropical forest, using field measurements, satellite multiespectral imagery and spatial interpolation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3817-3833

  Hernández Stefanoni, J Luis ^a   Dupuy, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Akaike information criterion; Plant diversity; Remote sensing; Tropical forest; Universal Kriging

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTERPOLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 35448994845     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9182-6     Document Type: Article

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