Comparison of five canopy cover estimation techniques in the western Oregon Cascades

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 188-197

  Fiala, Anne C S ^a   Garman, Steven L ^a   Gray, Andrew N ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Densiometer; FVS; Hemispherical photography; Line intercept; Moosehorn; Oregon Cascades

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANOPY COVER; DENSIOMETER; LINE INTERCEPT; MOOSEHORN; OREGON CASCADES;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OVERSTORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATION; FOREST CANOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 33746305866     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.069     Document Type: Article

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