Multifractal analysis of canopy height measures in a longleaf pine savanna

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 121-127

  Drake, Jason B ^a,b   Weishampel, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Fractals; Laser altimetry; Longleaf pine; Multifractals; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FRACTALS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WOOD;

CANOPY HEIGHT;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; SAVANNA;

EID: 0034653234     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00279-0     Document Type: Article

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