Estimation of crown biomass of Pinus pinaster stands and shrubland above-ground biomass using forest inventory data, remotely sensed imagery and spatial prediction models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-35

  Viana, H ^a,b   Aranha, J ^b   Lopes, D ^b   Cohen, Warren B ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Geostatistics; Pinus pinaster; Regression kriging; Remote sensing; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; GEOSTATISTICS; PINUS PINASTER; REGRESSION-KRIGING; SHRUBLANDS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; PHYTOMASS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS PINASTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

PORTUGAL;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84455167711     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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