Remote sensing derived edge location, magnitude, and class transitions for ecological studies

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-522

  Wulder, Michael A ^a   Stewart, Benjamin P ^b   Andrew, Margaret E ^a   Smulders, Mary ^b   Nelson, Trisalyn ^b   Coops, Nicholas C ^c   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^d  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY;

BOUNDARY DETECTION METHOD; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; LANDSCAPE PATTERN INDICES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECOLOGY; EDGES; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; WILD LIFE;

EID: 77955679200     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-007     Document Type: Article

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