Estimates of tree canopy loss as a result of Cyclone Monica, in the Magela Creek catchment northern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 562-569

  Staben, Grant W ^a   Evans, Kenneth G ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Change detection; Remote sensing; Tropical cyclone; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GUST; LANDSAT; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM DAMAGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VEGETATION INDEX; WINDTHROW;

ALLIGATOR RIVERS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JABIRU; MAGELA CREEK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ALLIGATOR; JABIRU;

EID: 43449086701     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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