Combining high-resolution aerial photography with gradient-directed transects to guide field sampling and forest mapping in mountainous terrain

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-443

  Sandmann, Holger ^a   Lertzman, Ken P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry montane forests; Forest structure; Gradsects; Sampling design; Small format aerial photography

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037533699     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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