Assessment of Acacia koa forest health across environmental gradients in hawai'i using fine resolution remote sensing and GIS

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5677-5694

  Morales, Rodolfo Martinez ^a   Idol, Travis ^b   Friday, James B ^b  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia koa; Dieback; Forest health; Geoeye; GIS; Hawaii; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACACIA; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; PLANT DISEASES; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 79959838976     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110605677     Document Type: Article

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