Crown condition assessment: An accurate, precise and efficient method with broad applicability to Eucalyptus

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-721

  Horton, B M ^a,b,d   Close, D C ^a,d   Wardlaw, T J ^b,c   Davidson, N J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Canopy; Eucalypt dieback; Forest decline; Forest health

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; DIEBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST HEALTH; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECISION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 80051984770     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02206.x     Document Type: Article

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