Combining ensemble modeling and remote sensing for mapping individual tree species at high spatial resolution

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-73

  Engler, Robin ^a   Waser, Lars T ^a   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^a   Schaub, Marcus ^a   Berdos, Savvas ^a   Ginzler, Christian ^a   Psomas, Achilleas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Ensemble forecast; Forest ecosystems; Species distribution modeling; Switzerland; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; SWITZERLAND; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA QUALITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

AIR CRAFT; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883503642     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.059     Document Type: Article

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