Mapping the vegetation changes in giant panda habitat using Landsat remotely sensed data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1339-1356

  Jian, Ji ^a,b   Jiang, Hong ^a,c   Zhou, Guomo ^c   Jiang, Zishan ^a   Yu, Shuquan ^c   Peng, Shaoling ^d   Liu, Shaoyin ^e   Wang, Jinxi ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; LANDFORMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONSERVATION POLICY; GIANT PANDA HABITATS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFICATIONS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BEAR; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NATURE CONSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

CHINA; LIANGSHAN MOUNTAINS; MIN MOUNTAINS; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 79953186928     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903547981     Document Type: Article

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