Segmentation of Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery improves buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) pasture mapping in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 569-575

  Brenner, Jacob C ^a   Christman, Zachary ^b   Rogan, John ^c  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image classification; Invasive alien species; Land use land cover change; Object based image analysis

Indexed keywords

BOS; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

EID: 84860602427     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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