A remote sensing-assisted risk rating study to predict oak decline and recovery in the Missouri Ozark Highlands, USA

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-425

  Wang, Cuizhen ^a   He, Hong S ^a   Kabrick, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; TREE;

NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65749108300     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.4.406     Document Type: Article

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