Assessment of QuickBird high spatial resolution imagery to detect red attack damage due to mountain pine beetle infestation

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 67 - 80
• Main Authors: Coops, Nicholas C., Johnson, Matt, Wulder, Michael A., White, Joanne C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2006; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied geophysics; Biological and medical sciences; British Columbia; Dendroctonus ponderosae; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Forest health assessment; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects. Techniques; High spatial resolution; Internal geophysics; Lodgepole pine; Mountain pine beetle; QuickBird; Teledetection and vegetation maps; Canada; Western Canada; British Columbia; Mountain pine beetle; High spatial resolution; QuickBird; Lodgepole pine; Dendroctonus ponderosae; British Columbia; Forest health assessment; mountains; folds; data; Coleoptera; Insecta; Strategic planning; North America; Coleopteroida; evaluation; currents; identification; Outbreak; Softwood forest tree; Tree crown; imagery; spatial resolution; Damage; Environment quality; stress; Health; Space remote sensing; forests; Mandibulata; Health status; Arthropoda; programs; Invertebrata; Infestation

High spatial resolution remotely sensed data has the potential to complement existing forest health programs for both strategic planning over large areas, as well as for detailed and precise identification of tree crowns subject to stress and infestation. The area impacted by the current mountain pi...