An effective procedure for EUNIS and Natura 2000 habitat type mapping in estuarine ecosystems integrating ecological knowledge and remote sensing analysis

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-64

  Valentini, Emiliana ^a   Taramelli, Andrea ^a   Filipponi, Federico ^a   Giulio, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MAPPING; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS; SCALE OF OBSERVATION; SPECTRAL RADIOMETERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EOS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; MAPPING; PIXEL; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85027934168     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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