Estimating canopy cover from standard forest inventory measurements in Western Oregon

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-167

  McIntosh, Anne C S ^a   Gray, Andrew N ^b   Garman, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photos; Crown closure; Forest inventory and analysis; Forest simulator; Stocking equations

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOS; CROWN CLOSURES; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST SIMULATOR; STOCKING EQUATIONS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

AIR CRAFT; EQUATIONS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862688948     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.09-127     Document Type: Article

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