Assessing biodiversity by remote sensing in mountainous terrain: The potential of LiDAR to predict forest beetle assemblages

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 897-905

  Müller, Jörg ^a   Brandl, Roland ^b  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Body size; Canopy surface model; Disturbance; Habitat variables; National park; Terrain surface model

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIDAR; NATIONAL PARK; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 67649998369     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01677.x     Document Type: Article

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