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Aims: The primary objective of this study is to map the distribution and quantify the cover of vegetation alliances over the entirety of San Clemente Island (SCI). To this end, we develop and evaluate the mapping method of hierarchical object‐based classification with a rule‐based expert system.
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA.
Methods: We developed and tested an approach based on hierarchical...