Approaches to utilising QuickBird data for the monitoring of NATURA 2000 habitats

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-168

  Forster M ^a   Frick, A ^b   Walentowski, H ^c   Kleinschmit, B ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LUP Potsdam   (Germany)

^c Bavarian State Institute of Forestry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest habitats; Heathland habitats; Knowledge based remote sensing; Object based remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; GUIDELINE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROTECTED AREA; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; WOODLAND;

BAVARIA; BRANDENBURG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57649121781     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.4     Document Type: Article

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