Mapping changes in tidal wetland vegetation composition and pattern across a salinity gradient using high spatial resolution imagery

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-157

  Tuxen, Karin ^a,b   Schile, Lisa ^a,e   Stralberg, Diana ^c   Siegel, Stuart ^d   Parker, Tom ^e   Vasey, Michael ^e   Callaway, John ^f   Kelly, Maggi ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Wetlands and Water Resources   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Color infrared aerial photography; Remote sensing; San Francisco Bay

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERSITY INDEX; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FIELD SURVEY; GROWING SEASON; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIDAL FLAT; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952898118     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9207-x     Document Type: Article

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