Visualizing forest landscapes using public data sources

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 111-124

  Wang, Xianli ^a,d   Song, Bo ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Zheng, Daolan ^b   Crow, Thomas R ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Landscape; Public dataset; Stem density; Tree height; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS; VEGETATION; VISUALIZATION;

FORESTS STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPES; PUBLIC DATASETS; STEM DENSITY;

URBAN PLANNING;

DATA INTERPRETATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITIES; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; SURVEYS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 29944443755     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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