Airborne LiDAR reveals context dependence in the effects of canopy architecture on arthropod diversity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 129-137

  Müller, Jörg ^a,b   Bae, Soyeon ^c   Röder, Juliane ^d   Chao, Anne ^e   Didham, Raphael K ^f,g  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bavarian Forest National Park; Canopy arthropods; Laser scanning; Spruce silviculture; Tree crown management

Indexed keywords

BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; CANOPY ARTHROPODS; LASER SCANNING; SPRUCE SILVICULTURE; TREE CROWNS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FAUNA; LIDAR; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CROWNS; LASERS; PICEA; PLANTS; RADAR; SCANNING; SILVICULTURE;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; PICEA;

EID: 84888137630     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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