Mapping forest patches and scattered trees from SPOT images and testing their ecological importance for woodland birds in a fragmented agricultural landscape

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3147-3169

  Levin, N ^a,b   Mcalpine, C ^b   Phinn, S ^b   Price, B ^b   Pullar, D ^b   Kavanagh, R P ^c   Law, B S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Science and Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; FIELD SAMPLING; HABITAT QUALITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGHLY ACCURATE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

MAPPING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPOT; WOODLAND;

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; SATELLITES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 70449372646     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802558782     Document Type: Article

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