Remote sensing of structural complexity indices for habitat and species distribution modeling

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 792-804

  Estes, L D ^a,b,c   Reillo, P R ^a   Mwangi, A G ^d   Okin, G S ^e   Shugart, H H ^b  

^a Rare Species Conservatory Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rhino Ark Charitable Trust   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Distribution model; Microhabitat; Montane forest; Rare species; Spectral mixture analysis; SRTM digital elevation model; Structural complexity index; Topographic normalization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTION MODELS; MICROHABITATS; MONTANE FORESTS; RARE SPECIES; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY INDEX;

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; MIXTURES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TESTS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLIDIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 75149175059     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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