Effects of Morella faya tree invasion on aboveground carbon storage in Hawaii

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-494

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Martin, Roberta E ^a   Knapp, David E ^a   Kennedy Bowdoin, Ty ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne remote sensing; Alien invasive species; Biological invasion; Biomass; Hyperspectral; Imaging spectroscopy; LiDAR; Light detection and ranging

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALLOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LIDAR; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATER CONTENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MORELLA; MORELLA FAYA;

EID: 77952881520     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9452-1     Document Type: Article

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