Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern

Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches
Herausgeber: Wulder, Michael A; Franklin, Steven E

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by experts, peer-reviewed to adhere to the strictest standards and highest quality criteria, this book discusses natural and human-caused forest change. The chapters explore forest disturbance and spatial pattern from an ecological point-of-view within the context of structure, function, pattern, and change. They conclude with a summary of the issues related to detection and mapping of forest disturbances with remotely sensed and GIS data. The book elucidates how the elements presented, from ecological underpinnings, data considerations, change detection method, and pattern analysis, combine into a problem solving, information generating approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780849334252
• ISBN-10: 084933425X
• Artikelnr.: 21297730

Autorenporträt

Michael A. Wulder, Steven E. Franklin

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Structure, Function, and Change of Forest Landscapes.
Identifying and Describing Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Data
Selection Issues and Methodological Implications. Remotely Sensed Data in
the Mapping of Forest Harvest Patterns. Remotely Sensed Data in the Mapping
of Insect Defoliation. Using Remote Sensing to Map and Monitor Fire Damage
in Forest Ecosystems. Integrating GIS and Remotely Sensed Data for Mapping
Forest Disturbance and Change. New Directions in Landscape Pattern Analysis
and Linkages with Remote Sensing. Characterizing Stand-Replacing Harvest
and Fire Disturbance Patches in a Forested Landscape: A Case Study from
Cooney Ridge. Conclusion: Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial
Pattern, Information Needs, and New Approaches. Index.