An assessment of forest canopy structure by LiDAR: Derivation and stability of canopy structure parameters across forest management types

Forstarchiv

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 195-209

  Nieschulze, Jens ^a,b   Zimmermann, Reiner ^c   Börner, Annett ^d   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry ^*

Author keywords

Forest canopy structure; Forest management; Pulse density; Small footprint lidar

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84870942381     PISSN: 03004112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4432/0300-4112-83-195     Document Type: Article

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