A general Landsat model to predict canopy defoliation in broadleaf deciduous forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 255-265

  Townsend, Philip A ^a   Singh, Aditya ^a   Foster, Jane R ^a   Rehberg, Nathan J ^a   Kingdon, Clayton C ^a   Eshleman, Keith N ^b   Seagle, Steven W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; Defoliation; Gypsy moth; Landsat; NDII

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; DEFOLIATION; GYPSY MOTHS; LANDSAT; NDII;

REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

VEGETATION;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; INSECT; LANDSAT; MOTH; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SAMPLING;

APPALACHIANS;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA;

EID: 84863399973     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.023     Document Type: Article

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