Spatial partitioning of biomass and diversity in a lowland Bolivian forest: Linking field and remote sensing measurements

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2602-2616

  Broadbent, Eben N ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a   Peña Claros, Marielos ^c,d   Palace, Michael ^e   Soriano, Marlene ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biomass; Bolivia; Quickbird satellite images; Tree crown delineation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

ALLOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; DIAMETER; FOREST INVENTORY; NADIR; PARTITIONING; PHYTOMASS; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41949099851     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.044     Document Type: Article

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