Managing drought-induced mortality in Pinus radiata plantations under climate change conditions: A local approach using digital camera data

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-101

  Stone, Christine ^a   Penman, Trent ^b   Turner, Russell ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne imagery; Climate change; Drought; Mortality; Pinus radiata

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MODELS; AIRBORNE IMAGERY; AUTOMATED PROCESS; CHANGE CONDITIONS; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMMERCIAL VIABILITY; DATA SETS; DEAD TREES; DIGITAL IMAGERY; DIGITAL SENSORS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GROUND BASED; HEAT STRESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LOCAL APPROACHES; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; MORTALITY; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGERY; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATION SPECIES; RADIATA; RANDOM FORESTS; RISK PREVENTION; SITE QUALITY; SPATIAL MODELLING; STRONG CORRELATION; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION TREES; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DIGITAL IMAGE; DROUGHT STRESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HEAT SHOCK; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATES; DECISION THEORY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 82055191664     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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