A comparison of different survey methods for assessing gap parameters in old-growth forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 886-893

  Yamamoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Nishimura, Naoyuki ^b   Torimaru, Takeshi ^c   Manabe, Tohru ^d   Itaya, Akemi ^e   Becek, Kazimierz ^f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY   (Japan)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Belt transect method; Canopy dynamics; Canopy height profile; Digital surface model; Power law function

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ANTENNAS; DYNAMICS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS;

CANOPY DYNAMICS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FOREST COMMUNITY; GAP MEASUREMENTS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS;

FORESTRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CANOPY GAP; CENSUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT;

AIR CRAFT; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

EID: 79958769870     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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