Spatial pattern analysis of pre- and post-hurricane forest canopy structure in North Carolina, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-559

  Boutet Jr , Jeffry C ^a,b   Weishampel, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Canopy topography; Disturbance; Duke Forest; Ecosystem organisation; Forest landscape; Fractal dimension; Hurricane; Laser altimetry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LASER METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344962359     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026058312853     Document Type: Article

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