Vegetation dynamics in Yellowstone's northern range: 1985 to 1999

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 547-556

  Savage, Shannon L ^a   Lawrence, Rick L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

BOOSTED CLASSIFICATION TREES; CHANGE VECTOR ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; FIRE SUPPRESSION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

URBAN GROWTH;

CANID; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSAT; MAPPING METHOD; RANGELAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE;

EID: 77952683833     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.76.5.547     Document Type: Article

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