Estimation of forest stand volume, tree density and biodiversity using landsat ETM+ data, comparison of linear and regression tree analyses

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 299-304

  Mohammadi, Jahangir ^a   Shataee, Shaban ^a   Babanezhad, Manoocher ^b  

^a Gorgan University of Agriculture and Natural Sciences   (Iran)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Comparison; Forest attributes estimation; Hyrcanian forests; Linear; Tree regression

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

COMPARISON; FOREST ATTRIBUTES ESTIMATIONS; HYRCANIAN FORESTS; LINEAR; TREE REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TREE DIMENSIONS;

EID: 84857387358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.07.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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