Challenges in visualizing forests and landscapes

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 316-319

  Wang, Xianli ^a   Song, Bo ^b   Chen, Jiquan ^c   Crow, Thomas R ^d   LaCroix, Jacob J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria of visualization; Forest landscape; Landscape visualization

Indexed keywords

CRITERIA OF VISUALIZATION; FOREST LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT; VISUALIZATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; VISUALIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE;

EID: 33751094294     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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