Landscape Controls on Structural Variation in Eucalypt Vegetation Communities: Woronora Plateau, Australia

Australian Geographer

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Jenkins, Ross B ^a,b   Coops, Nicholas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Insolation; LiDAR; Remote sensing; Topographic wetness; Vegetation metrics; Vegetation structure and pattern

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INSOLATION; LANDSCAPE; LIDAR; NDVI; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORONORA PLATEAU;

EID: 79951999083     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2011.546316     Document Type: Article

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