Crown modeling by terrestrial laser scanning as an approach to assess the effect of aboveground intra- and interspecific competition on tree growth

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-288

  Metz, JérÔme ^a   Seidel, Dominik ^a   Schall, Peter ^a   Scheffer, Dina ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^b   Ammer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech; Competition; Point cloud; Search cone; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

BEECH; COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; INTER-SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POINT CLOUD; SILVICULTURAL MEASURE; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

COMPETITION; HARDWOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; TIRES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SILVICULTURE;

COMPETITION; FAGUS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICS; PLANTS; SURVEYING; TIRES; TREES;

GERMANY;

EID: 84884150160     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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