Use of Landsat data to evaluate lesser prairie chicken habitats in western Oklahoma
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Abstract
Landsat digital data were used to evaluate lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) habitats in western Oklahoma. Data for 7 (4,144 ha) study areas, 4 in shinnery oak (Quercus havardii), and 3 in sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) rangeland, were analyzed using the Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System at the EROS Center. In shinnery oak rangeland, density of displaying males was correlated positively with percentage of area in grassland classes and negatively correlated with the percentage in brushland classes. In sand sagebrush rangeland, density of displaying males was negatively, but not significantly correlated with percentage of area in bare soil and grassland classes, and positively, but not significantly correlated with percentage of area in brushland classes. The trends found between density of displaying males and the Landsat-generated resource classes closely parallel similar relationships found with field sampling techniques. Analysis of the Landsat digital data for this study cost 13.8 cents/ha. Because larger areas could have been analyzed with the same digital data, the unit cost for analysis would decline with increasingly larger areas.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Use of Landsat data to evaluate lesser prairie chicken habitats in western Oklahoma |
| Series title | Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 915 |
| Last page | 922 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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