Using Earth Observation to update a Natura 2000 habitat map for a wetland in Greece

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2243-2251

  Alexandridis, Thomas K ^a   Lazaridou, Efthalia ^b   Tsirika, Anastasia ^a   Zalidis, George C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b OMIKRON Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geographic analysis; Habitat map; Natura 2000; Remote sensing; Semi automated methodology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAND USE; SPACE OPTICS; WETLANDS;

EARTH OBSERVATIONS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSE; GEOGRAPHICS; HABITAT DIRECTIVES; HABITAT MAP; NATURA 2000; NATURAL HABITAT; REMOTE-SENSING; SEMI-AUTOMATED METHODOLOGY;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURE CONSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYGON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION MAPPING; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREECE; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WETLAND;

ALIAKMON DELTA; AXIOS DELTA; CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LOUDIAS DELTA; PIERIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

EID: 67349166208     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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