Estimating plot-level forest structural attributes using high spectral resolution ASTER satellite data in even-aged Eucalyptus plantations in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Southern Forests

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Gebreslasie, M T ^a,b   Ahmed, F B ^a   Van Aardt, J A N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER data set; Forest structural attributes; Spectral vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 58149459144     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SF.2008.70.3.6.667     Document Type: Article

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