Combining dendrochronological data and the disturbance index to assess Engelmann spruce mortality caused by a spruce beetle outbreak in southern Utah, USA

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2342-2349

  DeRose, R Justin ^a   Long, James N ^a   Ramsey, R Douglas ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Disturbance index; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Spatiotemporal patterns; Spruce beetle; Spruce fir

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; DISTURBANCE INDEX; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPRUCE BEETLES; SPRUCE-FIR;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INDEX METHOD; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MATRIX; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ABIES; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 79958759877     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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