Canopy height changes of an old-growth evergreen broad-leaved forest analyzed with digital elevation models

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 403-411

  Itaya, Akemi ^a   Miura, Masahiro ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial photograph; Canopy structure; Digital elevation model; Height change; Long term study

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

CANOPY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM);

FORESTRY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HEIGHT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; TATERA FOREST RESERVE;

TATERA;

EID: 2942538886     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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