Estimating stem volume and biomass of Pinus koraiensis using LiDAR data

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 421-432

  Kwak, Doo Ahn ^a   Lee, Woo Kyun ^a   Cho, Hyun Kook ^b   Lee, Seung Ho ^b   Son, Yowhan ^a   Kafatos, Menas ^c   Kim, So Ra ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Crown base height; Crown geometric volume; K means clustering; LiDAR; Stem volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; LIGHT; ORGAN SIZE; PINE; PLANT STEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE;

BIOMASS; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PINUS; PLANT STEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES;

CONIFERALES; PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 77953961040     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-010-0310-0     Document Type: Article

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