Timing is important: Unmanned aircraft vs. Satellite imagery in plant invasion monitoring

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Müllerová, Jana ^a   Brůna, Josef ^a,b   Bartaloš, Tomáš ^c   Dvořák, Petr ^d   Vítková, Michaela ^a   Pyšek, Petr ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University   (Czech Republic)

^c GISAT   (Czech Republic)

^d BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alien species; Giant hogweed; Knotweed; Plant phenology; Remote sensing detection; UAV

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021147779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00887     Document Type: Article

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