An assessment of Hawaiian dry forest condition with fine resolution remote sensing

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2524-2532

  Martinez Morales, Rodolfo ^a   Miura, Tomoaki ^a   Idol, Travis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forest; Hawaii; Ikonos 2; Object based classification; Transitional area

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING;

OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION; TRANSITIONAL AREAS;

FORESTRY;

DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; GRASS; IKONOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TRANSITION ZONE;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM SETACEUM;

EID: 41949140273     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.049     Document Type: Article

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