Changes in a Wetland Ecosystem: A Vegetation Reconstruction Study Based on Historical Panchromatic Aerial Photographs and Succession Patterns

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-371

  Cserhalmi, Dániel ^a   Nagy, János ^a   Kristóf, Dániel ^b   Neidert, Dóra ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Foldmeresi es Taverzekelesi Intezet Budapest   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Archive aerial photograph; Bereg Plain; Image segmentation; Mire ecology; Sphagnum mire

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BOTANY; DIGITAL MAPPING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FOREST COVER; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIRE; SAMPLING; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

BEREG PLAIN; HUNGARY;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 81955168108     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-011-9099-4     Document Type: Article

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