Satellite remote sensing for mapping vegetation in New Zealand freshwater environments: A review

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-43

  Ashraf, Salman ^a   Brabyn, Lars ^a   Hicks, Brendan J ^a   Collier, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergent aquatic vegetation (EAV); Riparian vegetation; Satellite remote sensing; Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MAPPING; OPTICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77952699274     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2010.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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