A medium-resolution remote sensing classification of agricultural areas in alberta grizzly bear habitat

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Collingwood, Adam ^a   Franklin, Steven E ^b   Guo, Xulin ^b   Stenhouse, Gordon ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURE REGIONS; CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; KAPPA INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING CLASSIFICATION; SUPERVISED METHODS; UNSUPERVISED METHOD;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 77952776736     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m08-076     Document Type: Article

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