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Development of a remote sensing technique for woody vegetation in Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area
| Title: | Development of a remote sensing technique for woody vegetation in Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area. |
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| Name(s): |
Franklin, Sarah. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Geosciences |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | viii, 71 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lacks a viable method for monitoring woody vegetation in expansive wetland communities, such as the Florida Everglades. This study used aerial photographs of Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida to develop techniques for remotely monitoring changes in woody vegetation. Imagery from 2006, 2008, and 2010 were classified into woody and non-woody categories using Adobe Photoshop's Magic Wand Tool. Selection was performed with a bias toward over classification, as project objectives required identifying as many trees as possible. Classified pixels in Time 1 within 4 feet (2 pixels) of classified pixels from Time 2 were considered the same canopy. Overall accuracy for the study was 98%. | |
| Identifier: | 750174275 (oclc), 3175018 (digitool), FADT3175018 (IID), fau:3699 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Sarah Franklin. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Environmental monitoring -- Remote sensing Vegetation dynamics Ecosystem management -- Florida -- Evergaldes Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area (Fla.) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175018 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
