Evaluating spatial patterns of drought-induced tree mortality in a coastal California pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 315, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-53

  Baguskas, Sara A ^a   Peterson, Seth H ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^a   Still, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal fog; Drought stress; Random Forest; Remote sensing; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FOGS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DROUGHT-STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; RANDOM FORESTS; TREE MORTALITY;

DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

DROUGHT;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOG; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIDAR; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; ROOTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA CRUZ ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891916316     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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