Range inventory

Richard E. Francis; Richard S. Driscoll

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Range inventory

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard E. Francis, Richard S. Driscoll

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Aldrich, Robert C., technical coordinator. 1976. Evaluation of Skylab (EREP) data for forest and rangeland surveys. Res. Paper PSW-RP-113. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 35-54.

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Abstract

The primary objective of the research at the Manitou site was to determine at what classification level Skylab photographic products, or their equivalent, can be used for plant community classification in a central Colorado mountainous area. Secondary objectives were (1) to determine the kind of aircraft support photography needed to extend these classifications to other levels in the hierarchy, (2) to determine how both Skylab and aircraft support photography can be used to detect and identify cultural features of a mountainous landscape that could affect resource management alternatives, and (3) to make quantitative estimates of certain plant community characteristics from large-scale aircraft photography.

Parent Publication

Evaluation of Skylab (EREP) data for forest and rangeland surveys

Keywords

Skylab, Earth Resources Experiment Package, photointerpretation, microdensitometric analysis, remote sensors, range inventory, plant communities, forest stress

Citation

Francis, Richard E.; Driscoll, Richard S. 1976. Range inventory. In: Aldrich, Robert C., technical coordinator. 1976. Evaluation of Skylab (EREP) data for forest and rangeland surveys. Res. Paper PSW-RP-113. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 35-54.