Influence of Vegetation Structure on Lidar-derived Canopy Height and Fractional Cover in Forested Riparian Buffers During Leaf-Off and Leaf-On Conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wasser, Leah ^a,b   Day, Rick ^a   Chasmer, Laura ^c   Taylor, Alan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONIFER NEEDLE; DECIDUOUS PLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLANT LEAF; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM; LASERS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EID: 84873185339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054776     Document Type: Article

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