Problems in remote sensing of landscapes and habitats

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-768

  Wang, Kai ^a   Franklin, Steven E ^a   Guo, Xulin ^a   He, Yuhong ^b   McDermid, Gregory J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clouds and cloud shadows; Data fusion; Landscape pattern analysis; Large area habitat mapping; Remote sensing; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70749117541     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133309350121     Document Type: Article

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