Validation of L-Architect model for balsam fir and black spruce trees with structural measurements

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Côté, Jean François ^a   Fournier, Richard A ^b   Luther, Joan E ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP; ARCHITECTURAL MODELING; BALSAM FIR (ABIES BALSAMEA); BLACK SPRUCE (PICEA MARIANA); ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ARCHITECTURE; SEEBECK EFFECT; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; SURVEYING;

EID: 84891086648     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m13-014     Document Type: Article

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