Forest complexity modelling and mapping with remote sensing and topographic data: A comparison of three methods

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-402

  Torontow, Valerie ^a   King, Douglas ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FIELD DATA; FIELD PLOT; FIELD VARIABLES; FOREST COMPLEXITY; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEO-SPATIAL; GEO-SPATIAL DATA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDEX MODELS; INDEX VARIABLES; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MODEL QUALITIES; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; PCA METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; QUICKBIRD IMAGERIES; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RURAL MUNICIPALITIES; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA; VALIDATION ERRORS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

MAPPING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84870048171     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m11-047     Document Type: Article

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