Airborne remote sensing of spatiotemporal change (1955-2004) in indigenous and exotic forest cover in the Taita Hills, Kenya

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-232

  Pellikka, Petri K E ^a   Lötjönen, Milla ^b   Siljander, Mika ^a   Lens, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airborne remote sensing; Biodiversity; East Africa; GIS; Land cover changes; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRBORNE SENSING; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; GIS; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAITA HILLS;

CUPRESSUS; EUCALYPTUS; GREVILLEA;

EID: 67349138531     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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