Synthesizing old and New: Joining existing remote-sensing and GIS data to assess fire issues in Sagebrush Steppe ecosystems

Journal of Map and Geography Libraries

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-268

  Breckenridge, Robert P ^a   Lee, Randy D ^a   Cherry, Shane J ^a   Rope, Ronald C ^a   Dakins, Maxine ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; Land Use; Remote Sensing; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 70249106403     PISSN: 15420353     EISSN: 15420361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15420350802142421     Document Type: Article

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