This investigation attempted to use fine spatial scale Quickbird imagery and digitised aerial photography to indicate the location of pine wildlings within a selection of vegetation communities.
Radiata pines (Pinus radiata) were introduced into South Australia and Victorian in latter part of the 1800s. The second half of the 1900s saw large-scale plantation development. Breeding for faster growth and greater volume also occurred in this period.
The primary aim of the projec t is to develop an automated remote sensing system to identify large pine wildlings in remnant vegetation, using satellite imagery. As such it is a preliminary study of a new application of automated remote sensing.
Pinus radiata has recognised weed potential both in Australia and overseas. Research to date has demonstrated its invasive potential and its ability to alter structure and species composition of native vegetation. The impetus for this project came largely
