Identifying leading species using tree crown metrics derived from very high spatial resolution imagery in a boreal forest environment

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-344

  Mora, Brice ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^a   White, Joanne C ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CLASSIFICATION TREES; DATA SETS; FOREST MONITORING; FOREST STAND; INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN; LODGEPOLE PINE; NON-PARAMETRIC; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STAND LEVELS; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; TREE CROWN DELINEATION; TREE CROWNS; TREE SPECIES; TREMBLING ASPEN; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; WHITE SPRUCE;

FORESTRY;

CANADA; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS CONTORTA; RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650946419     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-052     Document Type: Article

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