Mapping long-term changes in mangrove species composition and distribution in the Sundarbans

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Ghosh, Manoj Kumer ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Roy, Chandan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Change detection; Image classification; Landsat; Mangroves; Remote sensing; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POLLUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; SURGE PROTECTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CHANGE DETECTION; LANDSAT; MANGROVES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; POST-CLASSIFICATION COMPARISONS; SUNDARBANS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANGROVE; MAPPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; IMPURITIES; MANGROVE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SUNDARBANS;

CERIOPS DECANDRA; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; HERITIERA FOMES; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA; XYLOCARPUS;

EID: 85007406198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7120305     Document Type: Article

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