A time series of urban forestry in Los Angeles

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 233-246

  Gillespie, Thomas Welch ^a   Pincetl, Stephanie ^a   Brossard, Shea ^a   Smith, Jenny ^a   Saatchi, Sassan ^b   Pataki, Diane ^c   Saphores, Jean Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Geographic information system; Los Angeles; Public and private land; Time series; Tree density; Urban forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857659474     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0183-6     Document Type: Article

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