Monitoring the invasion of an exotic tree (Ligustrum lucidum) from 1983 to 2006 with Landsat TM/ETM+ satellite data and Support Vector Machines in Córdoba, Argentina

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-145

  Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio I ^a   Kuemmerle, Tobias ^b,g   Hoyos, Laura E ^c   Stewart, Susan I ^d   Huebner, Cynthia D ^e   Keuler, Nicholas S ^f   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentina; Change detection; C rdoba; Exotic tree invasions; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Ligustrum lucidum; Non native invasive species; Sierras Chicas; Support Vector Machines classification; Urban expansion

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHANGE DETECTION; EXOTIC TREES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; SIERRAS CHICAS; URBAN EXPANSION;

CONSERVATION; EXPANSION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION REGULATION; RANGE EXPANSION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ARGENTINA; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPPA NUMBER; LIGUSTRUM; REMOTE SENSING;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA];

LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM;

EID: 84865433299     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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