Remote sensing for restoration planning: how the big picture can inform stakeholders

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2017, Pages S147-S154

  Cordell, Susan ^a   Questad, Erin J ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Kinney, Kealoha M ^d   Thaxton, Jarrod M ^e   Uowolo, Amanda ^a   Brooks, Sam ^a   Chynoweth, Mark W ^f  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

LiDAR; multiuse landscapes; restoration planning; scale dependent; spatial analysis; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

POACEAE;

EID: 84990237752     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12448     Document Type: Article

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