Calculation of wood volume and stem taper using terrestrial single-image close-range photogrammetry and contemporary software tools

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-380

  Dean, Christopher ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Branches; Photography; Rectification; Taper; Terrestrial; Volume

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

IMAGE RECTIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SILVICULTURE;

EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; QUERCUS ROBUR; SEQUOIADENDRON GIGANTEUM;

EID: 0043241784     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.495     Document Type: Article

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