Bryophyte cover estimation in a boreal black spruce forest using airborne lidar and multispectral sensors

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1127-1132

  Peckham, Scott D ^a   Ahl, Douglas E ^a   Gower, Stith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Bryophyte cover; Carbon cycling; CASI; Moss; SLICER; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE COVER; CARBON CYCLING; CASI; MOSS; SLICER; SPHAGNUM;

OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; EVERGREEN TREE; LAND COVER; LIDAR; MOSS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY; PICEA; PLANTS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA MARIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 64549135757     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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