Use of LiDAR and supplemental data to estimate forest maturity in Charles County, MD, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2068-2075

  Weber, Theodore C ^a   Boss, Daniel E ^b  

^a The Conservation Fund   (United States)

^b James W Sewall Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Forest age; Forest conservation; LiDAR; Mature forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHT; FOREST AGE; FOREST CONSERVATION; LIDAR; MATURE FOREST;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LIDAR; MATURATION; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

CHARLES COUNTY; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349293591     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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