Characterizing the encroachment of juniper forests into sub-humid and semi-arid prairies from 1984 to 2010 using PALSAR and Landsat data - Wang, Jie; Xiao, Xiangming; Qin, Yuanwei; Doughty, Russell B.; Dong, Jinwei; Zou, Zhenhua (Remote sensing of environment, 2018)
Keywords: algorithms; Aridity; Ashe juniper; Biodiversity; Biogeochemical cycles; Biological invasion; Cloud computing; Computing time; coniferous forests; Eastern redcedar; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems; Encroachment; forage; Foraging habitats; forest maps; Forests; Great plains; Great Plains region; image analysis; Internet; Juniperus ashei; Juniperus virginiana; Land cover; Landsat; Landsat satellites; Livestock; Livestock production; Loam; loam soils; Phenology; Prairies; Radar; Radar data; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Soil types; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; Strategic management; Sustainability management; Synthetic aperture radar; tallgrass prairies; Time series; time series analysis; United States; Vegetation indices; Water storage; Wildlife habitats; Wildlife management; Great Plains region; United States; Biological invasion; Phenology; Vegetation indices; Ashe juniper; Land cover; Biodiversity; Great plains; Eastern redcedar