Monitoring tree-level insect population dynamics with multi-scale and multi-source remote sensing

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-61

  Wulder, M A ^a   Ortlepp, S M ^a   White, J C ^a   Coops, N C ^b   Coggins, S B ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital aerial photography; High spatial resolution; Insect; Monitoring; Mountain pine beetle; QuickBird

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; BIOMONITORING; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PEST DAMAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 48549094543     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2008.9635135     Document Type: Article

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