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Main Title Remote sensing for landscape ecology : new metric indicators for monitoring, modeling, and assessment of ecosystems /
Author Frohn, Robert C.
Publisher Lewis Publishers,
Year Published 1998
OCLC Number 37663140
ISBN 1566702755; 9781566702751
Subjects Landscape ecology--Remote sensing ; Geographic information systems ; Télédétection ; Ecologie ; Landschapsbeheer ; Monitoring ; Metriek stelsel ; Entfernungsmessung--(DE-588)4014857-9 ; Fernerkundung--(DE-588)4016796-3 ; Landschaft--(DE-588)4034343-1 ; èOkosystem--(DE-588)4043216-6 ; èUberwachung--(DE-588)4134175-2 ; âEcologie du paysage--Télédétection ; Systèmes d'information géographique
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Holdings
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Modified		 Checkout
Status
EHAM  QH541.15.L35F76 1998 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 06/19/1998
ESAM  QH541.15.L35F76 1998 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 12/31/1998
Collation 99 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-94) and index.
Contents Notes
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Background and Evaluation of Landscape Metrics. 2.1. Landscape Ecology Metrics. 2.2. The Contagion Metric. 2.3. The Fractal Dimension Metric. 2.4. Introduction of Improved Metrics. 2.5. Potential Problems of Traditional Landscape Metrics for Use with Remote Sensing Data. 2.6. Systematic Evaluation of Landscape Metrics -- Ch. 3. Research Methods. 3.1. Overview of Experimental Design. 3.2. Capability of Metrics to Capture Changes in Landscape Pattern. 3.3. Sensitivity of Metrics to Spatial Resolution of Remote Sensing Data. 3.4. Analysis of Metrics along a Spatial Gradient in Rondonia, Brazil. 3.5. Analysis of Metrics along a Spatial Gradient in Washington, D.C. 3.6. Analysis of Metrics along a Vertical Gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 3.7. Analysis of Metrics along a Temporal Gradient in Ouro Preto, Brazil -- Ch. 4. Empirical Analysis of Landscape Metrics. 4.1. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Spatial Gradient in Rondonia, Brazil. 4.2. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Spatial Gradient in Washington, D.C. 4.3. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Vertical Gradient in the Sierra Nevada. 4.4. Metric Capability in Quantifying Changes along a Temporal Gradient in Ouro Preto, Brazil -- Ch. 5. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Work.