Detecting the severity of woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, infestation in a pine plantation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using texture measures calculated from high spatial resolution imagery

African Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-275

  Dye, M ^a   Mutanga, O ^a   Ismail, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forest health; High resolution images; Sirex noctilio; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; SIREX NOCTILIO;

EID: 57749094731     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.2.263     Document Type: Article

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