Interpretation of high-resolution imagery for detecting vegetation cover composition change after fuels reduction treatments in woodlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 570-578

  Karl, Jason W ^a   Gillan, Jeffrey K ^a   Barger, Nichole N ^b   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Duniway, Michael C ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection; High resolution; Image interpretation; Land cover; Rangeland monitoring; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FORESTRY; FUELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; REMOTE SENSING;

CHANGE DETECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; LAND COVER; RANGELAND MONITORING;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND COVER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84902778686     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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