@inproceedings {Thoonen10,
	title = {Habitat mapping and quality assessment of heathlands using a modified kernel-based reclassification technique},
	booktitle = {Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International},
	year = {2010},
	month = {July},
	pages = {2707 - 2710},
	address = {Honolulu, HI, USA},
	abstract = {This article presents a method for acquiring habitat maps, intended for monitoring and evaluating the conservation status of heathland vegetation, starting from thematic land cover maps. The procedure is a modified kernel-based reclassification technique, that fits into a complete habitat quality assessment framework. Part one of the procedure shifts a small square kernel over the land cover map and assigns a habitat type to each position that complies with a single set of expert rules, related to the land cover composition in that position. Part two fills the gaps, by assigning a habitat type to any of the map positions that don{\textquoteright}t conform to any of the rules, or to more than one set of rules, by using a distance measure. The technique is tested on real data from a heathland site and shows some promising results.},
	keywords = {Belgium, environmental factors, geophysical image processing, geophysical techniques, habitat mapping, heathland vegetation, image classification, Kalmthoutse Heide, kernel-based reclassification technique, quality assessment, terrain mapping, thematic land cover maps, vegetation mapping},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-9565-8},
	issn = {2153-6996},
	doi = {10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649240},
	author = {Guy Thoonen and Toon Spanhove and Haest, B. and Jeroen Vanden Borre and Paul Scheunders}
}
