Characterizing tropical forest spatio-temporal heterogeneity using the wide dynamic range vegetation index (WDRVI)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7285-7291

  Aguilar Amuchastegui, N ^a   Henebry, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGERS; VEGETATION;

CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LANDSAT-5 (L5) THEMATIC MAPPER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NATURAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX;

FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGGING; PLANTS;

EID: 56349124288     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802348093     Document Type: Article

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