Unmanned aircraft systems help to map aquatic vegetation

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 567-577

  Husson, Eva ^a   Hagner, Olle ^c   Ecke, Frauke ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SmartPlanes Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Aerial photography; Orthoimage; Orthophotograph; Remote sensing; Remotely piloted aircraft system; Riparian vegetation; Species identification; Sub decimetre spatial resolution; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84902543218     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12072     Document Type: Article

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