Species-level vegetation mapping in a Himalayan treeline ecotone using unmanned aerial system (UAS) imagery

NB Mishra, KP Mainali, BB Shrestha, J Radenz… - … International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Understanding ecological patterns and response to climate change requires unbiased data
on species distribution. This can be challenging, especially in biodiverse but extreme …

Fine-scale classification and mapping of subalpine-alpine vegetation and their environmental correlates in the Himalayan global biodiversity hotspot

H Padalia, ID Rai, D Pangtey, K Rana… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Subalpine-alpine vegetation of Himalayan global biodiversity hotspot forms the highest and
unique ecosystem of the world. These ecosystems inhabit diverse cold adapted plants …

Mapping urban tree species using very high resolution satellite imagery: Comparing pixel-based and object-based approaches

S Agarwal, LS Vailshery, M Jaganmohan… - … International Journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
We assessed the potential of multi-spectral GeoEye imagery for biodiversity assessment in
an urban context in Bangalore, India. Twenty one grids of 150 by 150 m were randomly …

Comparing global and local land cover maps for ecosystem management in the Himalayas

K Aryal, A Apan, T Maraseni - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a breakthrough in geographical data science, two high-resolution (10m) global land
cover products were published by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) and …

Vegetation cover type mapping in Mouling National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas-an integrated geospatial approach

S Singh, TP Singh, G Srivastava - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote …, 2005 - Springer
Improving image classification and its techniques have been of interest while handling
satellite data especially in hilly regions with evergreen forests particularly with indistinct …

Understanding land cover change using a harmonized classification system in the Himalaya

B Bajracharya, K Uddin, N Chettri, B Shrestha… - Mountain Research and …, 2010 - BioOne
Land cover assessment and monitoring of land cover dynamics are important to understand
social and ecological processes in mountain protected areas. However, variations in the use …

Estimation of trees outside forests using IRS high resolution data by object based image analysis

GS Pujar, PM Reddy, CS Reddy… - … Archives of the …, 2014 - isprs-archives.copernicus.org
Assessment of Trees outside forests (TOF) is widely being recognized as a pivotal theme, in
sustainable natural resource management, due to their role in offering variety of goods, such …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping vegetation and forest types using Landsat TM in the western ghat region of Maharashtra, India

S Das, TP Singh - International Journal of Computer …, 2013 - wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in
Vegetation plays a key role in reducing ambient temperature, moisture and pollutant
capture, energy use and subsequent ground level ozone reduction. In recent years …

Evaluation of state and community/private forests in Punjab, Pakistan using geospatial data and related techniques

N Shahzad, U Saeed, H Gilani, SR Ahmad, I Ashraf… - Forest …, 2015 - Springer
Background Forests are fundamental in maintaining water supplies, providing economic
goods, mitigating climate change, and maintaining biodiversity, thus providing many of the …

Mapping of realized and fundamental niches of threatened tree species using geoinformatics: a species level approach for sustaining biodiversity

AO Varghese, AK Joshi… - Journal of the Indian …, 2010 - Springer
In order to ensure that threatened species are included in the conservation of our biological
diversity, it is necessary to prioritise species and thus by landscape or implement measure …