A fast and reliable method for the delineation of tree crown outlines for the computation of crown openness values and other crown parameters

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1827-1835

  Boivin, Frédéric ^a   Paquette, Alain ^a   Racine, Pierre ^a,b   Messier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED; CROWN SHYNESS; DESCRIPTORS; FOREST SIMULATOR; HYBRID POPLAR; LEAF AREA INDEX; MIXEDWOOD; PARAMETER VALUES; STANDARD METHOD; STANDARDIZED METHODS; TREE CROWNS;

FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT; HYBRID; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SAPLING; VOLUME;

DIAMETER; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; HEIGHT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; VOLUME;

POPULUS;

EID: 80052192813     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-107     Document Type: Article

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