Stand delineation and composition estimation using semi-automated individual tree crown analysis

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-369

  Leckie, Donald G ^a   Gougeon, François A ^a   Walsworth, Nicholas ^a   Paradine, Dennis ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest; Semi automated individual tree crown; Stand delineation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FORESTRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAPPING;

TREE CROWN;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0038036825     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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