Relationship of a Landsat cumulative disturbance index to canopy nitrogen and forest structure

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-49

  Deel, Lindsay N ^a   McNeil, Brenden E ^a   Curtis, Philip G ^a   Serbin, Shawn P ^b   Singh, Aditya ^b   Eshleman, Keith N ^c   Townsend, Philip A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Disturbance index; Eastern forests; Ecosystem ecology; Forest ecology; Landsat

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DISTURBANCE INDEX; EASTERN FORESTS; FOREST ECOLOGY; LANDSAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

AVIRIS; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; NITROGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; TIME SERIES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 82655165642     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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