Mapping whitebark pine distribution throughout the greater yellowstone ecosystem

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - Annual Conference of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2006: Prospecting for Geospatial Information Integration

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 754-763

  Landenburger, Lisa ^a   Lawrence, Rick L ^a   Podruzny, Shannon ^b   Schwartz, Charles C ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CLASSIFICATION-TREE ANALYSIS; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; EXPLANATORY POWER; FOOD SOURCES; GRIZZLY BEAR; LANDSAT 7; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINE SEEDS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SAMPLE POINT; SINGLE PATH; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VALIDATION DATA; YELLOWSTONES;

ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 84869041619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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