Mapping invasive Phragmites australis in the coastal Great Lakes with ALOS PALSAR satellite imagery for decision support

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 65-77

  Bourgeau Chavez, Laura L ^a   Kowalski, Kurt P ^b   Carlson Mazur, Martha L ^c   Scarbrough, Kirk A ^a   Powell, Richard B ^a   Brooks, Colin N ^a   Huberty, Brian ^d   Jenkins, Liza K ^a   Banda, Elizabeth C ^a   Galbraith, David M ^b   Laubach, Zachary M ^a   Riordan, Kevin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Common reed; Invasive species; PALSAR; Phragmites australis; Remote sensing; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

COMMON REED; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; HABITAT DEGRADATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PALSAR; PHENOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

BIOMASS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; PALSAR; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION REGULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREAT LAKES BASIN;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84884163927     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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