Assessing the Impact of Field of View on Monitoring Understory and Overstory Phenology Using Digital Repeat Photography

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-91

  Vartanian, M ^a   Nijland, W ^a   Coops, N C ^a   Bater, C ^b   Wulder, M A ^c   Stenhouse, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Foothills Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CAMERAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PATIENT MONITORING;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHIES; SCALE OF OBSERVATION; TRAFFIC MONITORING; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938680817     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2014.930308     Document Type: Article

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