A 10-year assessment of hemlock decline in the catskill mountain region of New York State using hyperspectral remote sensing techniques

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 339-349

  Hanavan, Ryan P ^a   Pontius, Jennifer ^b   Hallett, Richard ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; decision support; forest decline; hemlock woolly adelgid; IPM

Indexed keywords

ADELGIDAE; TSUGA CAROLINIANA;

FOREST; NEW YORK; REMOTE SENSING; TSUGA;

FORESTS; NEW YORK; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TSUGA;

EID: 84924942723     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tou015     Document Type: Article

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