Classification of tree species in overstorey canopy of subtropical forest using QuickBird images

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Chinsu ^a   Popescu, Sorin C ^b   Thomson, Gavin ^c   Tsogt, Khongor ^a   Chang, Chein I ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CLASSIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREE; TREE CROWN; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX; VISIBLE ATMOSPHERICALLY RESISTANT INDEX; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

AVES;

TREES;

EID: 84929346514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125554     Document Type: Article

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