Above-ground biomass estimation in closed canopy Neotropical forests using lidar remote sensing: Factors affecting the generality of relationships

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-159

  Drake, Jason B ^a   Knox, Robert G ^b   Dubayah, Ralph O ^a   Clark, David B ^c,d   Condit, Richard ^e   Blair, J Bryan ^b   Hofton, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d La Selva Biological Station   (Costa Rica)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Allometry; Carbon cycle; Central America; Environmental factors; Forest structure; Laser altimetry; Lidar; Remote sensing; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CANOPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REMOTE SENSING; ALLOMETRY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR;

COSTA RICA; PANAMA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 0037355708     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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