Effects of photographic distance on tree crown attributes calculated using urbancrowns image analysis software

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 173-179

  Patterson, Mason F ^a   Wiseman, P Eric ^a   Winn, Matthew F ^b   Lee, Sang Mook ^c   Araman, Philip A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Research Station   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown density; Crown transparency; Crown volume; Leaf area; Tree inventory; Tree measurement; Tree monitoring

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DIGITAL IMAGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOREST INVENTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 79960080304     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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