Using Landsat time series for characterizing forest disturbance dynamics in the coupled human and natural systems of Central Europe

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 130, Issue , 2017, Pages 453-463

  Senf, Cornelius ^a,b   Pflugmacher, Dirk ^a   Hostert, Patrick ^a   Seidl, Rupert ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Disturbance mapping; Forest management; Harvest; Landsat; Wind

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; WIND;

BARK BEETLE; COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEMS; DISTURBANCE MAPPINGS; DISTURBANCE PATTERNS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INFORMATION SOURCES; LANDSAT; LANDSAT TIME SERIES;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; WIND FARM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC;

SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 85023618270     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.07.004     Document Type: Article

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