Habitat suitability modelling of an invasive plant with advanced remote sensing data

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-640

  Andrew, Margaret E ^a   Ustin, Susan L ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification and regression tree models; Hyperspectral remote sensing; Invasibility; Invasive species; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WEED; WETLAND;

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM;

EID: 67149084541     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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