Comparing direct image and wavelet transform-based approaches to analysing remote sensing imagery for predicting wildlife distribution

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6425-6440

  Murwira, Amon ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE COMPRESSION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; IMAGE MEASURE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; VEGETATION COVER;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ELEPHANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSFORM; VEGETATION COVER; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ZIMBABWE;

LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 78650188820     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903418241     Document Type: Article

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