Ground-cover measurements: Assessing correlation among aerial and ground-based methods

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1091-1100

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, Samuel E ^a   Meikle, Tim ^b   Zuuring, Hans R ^c  

^a USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^b Great Bear Restoration Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Laser point frame; Line intercept; Point intercept; SamplePoint; Vegetation measurement; VegMeasure

Indexed keywords

LASER POINT FRAME; LINE INTERCEPT; POINT INTERCEPT; SAMPLEPOINT; VEGETATION MEASUREMENT; VEGMEASURE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRCRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; METRIC SYSTEM; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CORRELATION METHODS;

AERIAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROUND COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SOFTWARE; WYOMING;

EID: 56549105000     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9110-x     Document Type: Article

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