Estimating plot-level forest structural attributes using high spectral resolution ASTER satellite data in even-aged Eucalyptus plantations in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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1 School of Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, King George V Avenue, Glenwood, Durban 4041, South Africa 2 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Natural Resources and the Environment, Ecosystems, Earth Observation, PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa 3 Rochester Institute of Technology Center for Imaging Science, Laboratory for Imaging Algorithms and Systems, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA * Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2008