Individual object change detection for hardwood forest disease monitoring

De Chant, T. and M. Kelly. 2009. Individual object change detection for monitoring the impact of a forest pathogen on a hardwood forest. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 75(8): 1005-1014

Using 4-band, 1 m spatial resolution aerial photography, we classified four annual images (2000 to 2003) with object-based image analysis and employed a GIS for our change detection technique to follow the fate of forest gaps caused by sudden oak death. Pdf download.