Detecting new Buffel grass infestations in Australian arid lands: Evaluation of methods using high-resolution multispectral imagery and aerial photography

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1689-1703

  Marshall, V M ^a   Lewis, M M ^a   Ostendorf, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Cenchrus ciliaris; High resolution; Invasive species; Natural resource management; Pennisetum ciliare; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

CENCHRUS CILIARIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARID REGION; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GRASS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NDVI; PERENNIAL PLANT; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUFFEL GRASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFIER; GRASS; IMAGERY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOIL; VEGETATION;

CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOGRAPHY; POACEAE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84895783360     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3486-7     Document Type: Article

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