Prediction and assessment of bark beetle-induced mortality of lodgepole pine using estimates of stand vigor derived from remotely sensed data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1058-1066

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Waring, Richard H ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c   White, Joanne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest; Insect; LAI; Landsat; Leaf area index; Mountain pine beetle; Vigor

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST; INSECT; LAI; LANDSAT; LEAF AREA INDEX; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; VIGOR;

LANDFORMS; PLANNING; RESINS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THINNING; VIGOR;

DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INSECTS; MORTALITY; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TREES; WOOD;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 63649151671     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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