Optimal attributes for the object based detection of giant reed in riparian habitats: A comparative study between airborne high spatial resolution and WorldView-2 imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-91

  Fernandes, Maria Rosário ^a   Aguiar, Francisca C ^a   Silva, João M N ^a   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a   Pereira, José M C ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alien species; Arundo donax; Geometric metrics; Obia; Riparian corridors; Worldview 2

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GEOMETRY; HABITAT USE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84904514055     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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