Assessing the utility WorldView-2 imagery for tree species mapping in South African subtropical humid forest and the conservation implications: Dukuduku forest patch as case study

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 349-357

  Cho, Moses Azong ^a,b   Malahlela, Oupa ^c   Ramoelo, Abel ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Remote sensing; Subtropical forest; Tree species; WorldView 2

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ALBIZIA ADIANTHIFOLIA; STRYCHNOS;

EID: 84964515999     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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