Mapping dead wood distribution in a temperate hardwood forest using high resolution airborne imagery

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1536-1548

  Pasher, Jon ^a   King, Douglas J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Remote sensing; Snags

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE IMAGERY; BIODIVERSITY INDICATOR; CANOPY LEVEL; CLASSIFICATION ,; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONTROL SITES; DEAD WOOD; DIRECT DETECTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FIELD VALIDATION; FOREST CARBON BUDGETS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; HARDWOOD FORESTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID CLASSIFICATION; ISODATA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OBJECT BASED; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SNAGS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL UNMIXING; STANDING DEAD WOOD; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CAMERAS; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; REMOTE SENSING;

PHOTOMAPPING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON BUDGET; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CREATION; SNAG; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CAMERAS; CANADA; DEAD WOOD; ECOSYSTEMS; FIBER DEBRIS; HARDWOODS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; GATINEAU PARK; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 68949131074     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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