Remote sensing analysis of forest damage by selection logging in the Kabaung Reserved Forest, Bago Mountains, Myanmar

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-128

  Win, Rosy Ne ^a   Suzuki, Reiji ^a   Takeda, Shinya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy change; Image differencing method; Myanmar selection system; NDVI; Teak

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CHANGE; IMAGE DIFFERENCING; MYANMARS; NDVI; TEAK;

REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONITORING; NDVI; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BURMA; DAMAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOGGING; PLANTATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

BAGO; KABAUNG RESERVED FOREST; MYANMAR;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 84857910391     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0276-3     Document Type: Article

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