Mapping plant communities in a local arctic landscape applying scanned infrared aerial photographs in a geographic information system

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 391, 1996, Pages 159-168

  Nilsen, Lennart ^a   Brossard, Thierry ^b   Joly, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

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EID: 5344251757     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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