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Socioeconomics, planning, and management

Testing the utility of multivariate techniques in mapping commercial forest species using freely available Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI)

Mthembeni MngadiSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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John OdindiSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Kabir PeerbhaySchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-6130View further author information
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Onisimo MutangaSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Mbulisi SibandaSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-7099View further author information
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Pages 354-357 | Received 26 Nov 2019, Accepted 29 Apr 2020, Published online: 15 May 2020

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