Using satellite imagery to assess plant species richness: The role of multispectral systems

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-331

  Rocchini, D ^a,b   Ricotta, C ^c   Chiarucci, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b TerraData Environmetrics   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental heterogeneity; Multispectral images; Principal component analysis; Quickbird; Spectral variation hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649015834     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2007.tb00431.x     Document Type: Article

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