Remote sensing for restoration ecology: Application for restoring degraded, damaged, transformed, or destroyed ecosystems

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 614-630

  Reif, Molly K ^a   Theel, Heather J ^b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape metrics; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Restoration metrics; Sensor technology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84992391780     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1847     Document Type: Article

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