Remote Sensing to Detect Nests of the Leaf-Cutting Ant <i>Atta sexdens</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Teak Plantations

Remote Sensing to Detect Nests of the Leaf-Cutting Ant <i>Atta sexdens</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Teak Plantations

Leaf-cutting ants of the genus <i>Atta</i> are an important insect pest in forest plantations in many countries of South America. The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential for using Landsat-8 images, with medium spatial resolution and distributed free of charge, to detect...

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Main Authors: Isabel Carolina de Lima Santos, Alexandre dos Santos, Zakariyyaa Oumar, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Július César Cerqueira Silva, Ronald Zanetti, José Cola Zanuncio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Landsat-8 OLI
Leaf-cutting ants
Medium resolution images
Multivariate analysis
<i>Tectona grandis</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/14/1641

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