Mapping giant reed (Arundo donax) infestations along the Texas-Mexico portion of the Rio Grande with aerial photography

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-410

  Yang, Chenghai ^a   Everitt, James H ^a   Goolsby, John A ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

area estimation; image classification; Invasive weed; maximum likelihood classifier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455193459     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-10-00081.1     Document Type: Article

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