Using photographic image analysis to assess ground cover: A case study of forest road cutbanks

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 685-698

  Bold, Kevin C ^a   Wood, Frederica ^b   Edwards, Pamela J ^b   Williard, Karl W J ^a   Schoonover, Jon E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect; Best management practices; Cut slope; Revegetation; Road prism; Variable sized sampling areas

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CUT SLOPE; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FIRST YEAR; FOREST ROADS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; FREEZE-THAW CYCLES; GROWING CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; LAND MANAGERS; NATIONAL FORESTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; ROAD SURFACES; SHORT TERM; TIME PERIODS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATIVE COVER; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; WEST VIRGINIA;

FACINGS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRISMS; REVEGETATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GROUND COVER; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVEGETATION; SEEDING; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FREEZE THAWING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SUMMER; VEGETATION;

PHOTOGRAPHY; TREES; WEST VIRGINIA;

MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77952091684     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0868-y     Document Type: Article

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