Where's woolly? An integrative use of remote sensing to improve predictions of the spatial distribution of an invasive forest pest the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-229

  Jones, Chris ^a   Song, Conghe ^a   Moody, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid; MaxEnt; NDVI; Remote sensing; Species distribution model; Wetness

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LOCATION; PATHOGENS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; MAXENT; NDVI; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; WETNESS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFOLIATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NDVI; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DISTRIBUTION; MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE;

EID: 84942280148     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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