Effects of cutline density and land-cover heterogeneity on landscape metrics in western Alberta

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-404

  Linke, Julia ^a   Franklin, Steven E ^b   Hall Beyer, Mryka ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Foothills Model Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METADATA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MAPPING;

EID: 55049096545     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-034     Document Type: Article

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