Tree value and log product yield determination in radiata pine (pinus radiata) plantations in australia: Comparisons of terrestrial laser scanning with a forest inventory system and manual measurements

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2223-2233

  Murphy, Glen E ^a   Acuna, Mauricio A ^b   Dumbrell, Ian ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Forest Products Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; AUSTRALIA; DATA CAPTURE; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MEASUREMENT; NEW APPROACHES; PINUS RADIATA; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; PRODUCT YIELDS; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; RADIATA PINE; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; TREE CHARACTERISTICS; TREE LOCATION; VALUE RECOVERY;

FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RECOVERY; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SENSOR; STEM; TIMBER; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; LASERS; PINUS RADIATA; SURVEYING;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 78449240914     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-171     Document Type: Article

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