Augmenting forest inventory attributes with geometric optical modelling in support of regional susceptibility assessments to bark beetle infestations

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 444-452

  Coggins, Sam B ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Hilker, Thomas ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest health; Forest inventory; Geometric optical modelling; Landsat; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; Susceptibility; Western canada

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOMETRY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PIXEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84872817979     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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