Critical remote sensing contributions to spatial wildlife ecological knowledge and management

Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Volumn 9784431877714, Issue , 2010, Pages 193-221

  McDermid, Gregory J ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c   Franklin, Steven E ^d   Seitz, Nicole E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION LEVELS; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 80053236078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-87771-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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