A field based statistical approach for validating a remotely sensed mangrove forest classification scheme

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 409-421

  Kovacs, John M ^a   Liu, Yali ^b   Zhang, Chunhua ^b   Flores Verdugo, Francisco ^c   de Santiago, Francisco Flores ^d  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Degradation; Discriminant analysis; Mangrove structure; Mexico

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIAMETER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIELD METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPEN WATER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL CONCEPT; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WETLAND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SINALOA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80054050500     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-011-9225-3     Document Type: Article

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