THERMOGRAPHY REVEALS HIDDEN TREE DECAY

Arboricultural Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-42

  Catena, Alessandra ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavities in trees; Infrared (IR) camera; Thermography; Tree decay; Tree hazard evaluation; Tree safety assessment; Urban trees; Visual Tree Assessment (VTA)

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; SILVICULTURE; URBAN FORESTRY;

EID: 0041440083     PISSN: 03071375     EISSN: 21681074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071375.2003.9747360     Document Type: Article

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