Assessing spatial attributes of forest landscape values: An internet-based participatory mapping approach

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-303

  Beverly, Jennifer L ^a   Uto, Kinga ^a   Wilkes, Justin ^a   Bothwell, Peter ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INTERNET; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

HOTSPOT DETECTION; INTERNET MAPPING; LANDSCAPE VALUES; PATTERN ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; INTERNET; MAPPING METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD; SURVEY;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; INTERNET; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40749098668     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-149     Document Type: Article

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