Change in habitat selection by Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) and habitat fragmentation analysis using temporal remotely sensed data in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-571

  Mochizuki, Shota ^a   Murakami, Takuhiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Change detection; Forest fragmentation; Habitat selection; Japanese macaques; Object oriented image classification; Random Forest model

Indexed keywords

ALOS; AVNIR; CROP DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; MAPPING METHOD; PRIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 80053267980     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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