Change in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area Oak Forests from 1991 to 1998

Kathleen T. Ward; Jennifer Juzwik

doi:10.2737/NC-RN-389

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Change in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area Oak Forests from 1991 to 1998

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Authors:

Kathleen T. Ward, Jennifer Juzwik

Year:

2005

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-RN-389

Source:

Res. Note NC-389. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 8 p.

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Abstract

Based on classifications of Landsat TM imagery, the total area of oak forests in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area decreased by 5.6 percent between 1991 and 1998, and oak forest losses ranged from 12 to 1,229 ha in six of seven ecological subsections. Maps and spatial data layers are provided.

Keywords

Quercus, remote sensing, Landsat, urban planning

Citation

Ward, Kathleen; Juzwik, Jennifer. 2005. Change in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area Oak Forests from 1991 to 1998. Res. Note NC-389. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 8 p.\n