Assessing invasive plant infestation and disturbance gradients in a freshwater wetland using a GIScience approach

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-319

  Torbick, Nathan M ^a,c   Becker, Brian L ^b   Hession, Sarah L ^c   Qi, Jiaguo ^c   Roloff, Gary J ^c   Stevenson, R Jan ^c  

^a Applied Geosolutions   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Great lakes; Hyperspectral; Indicator variograms; Invasive; Pattern metrics; Phragmites

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COASTAL WETLAND; DECISION MAKING; GIS; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VARIOGRAM; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

MICHIGAN; MUSKEGON BASIN; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77952881982     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-009-9171-5     Document Type: Article

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