Classification and spatial analysis of eastern hemlock health using remote sensing and GIS

Laurent R. Bonneau; Kathleen Shields; Daniel L. Civco; David Mikus

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Classification and spatial analysis of eastern hemlock health using remote sensing and GIS

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Laurent R. Bonneau, Kathleen Shields, Daniel L. Civco, David Mikus

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: Symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p.176.

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Abstract

Over the past decade hemlock stands in southern Connecticut have undergone significant decline coincident with the arrival in 1985 of an exotic insect pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand). The objective of this study was to evaluate image enhancement techniques for rating the health of hemlocks at the landscape level using remotely sensed data.

Parent Publication

Proceedings: symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America

Citation

Bonneau, Laurent R.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Civco, Daniel L.; Mikus, David R. 2000. Classification and spatial analysis of eastern hemlock health using remote sensing and GIS. In: McManus, Katherine A.; Shields, Kathleen S.; Souto, Dennis R., eds. Proceedings: Symposium on sustainable management of hemlock ecosystems in eastern North America. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-267. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. p.176.