Ash decline assessment in emerald ash borer infested natural forests using high spatial resolution images

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Murfitt, Justin ^a   He, Yuhong ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Mui, Amy ^a   De Mille, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Credit Valley Conservation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerald ash borer; Forest health; Random forest; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; GEMS; HEALTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

EMERALD ASH BORER; FOREST HEALTH; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; LARGE-SCALE MONITORING; MULTI-RESOLUTION ALGORITHMS; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFIER; RANDOM FORESTS; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84962575339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030256     Document Type: Article

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