Improved methods for measuring forest landscape structure: LiDAR complements field-based habitat assessment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 289-307

  Zellweger, Florian ^a   Morsdorf, Felix ^b   Purves, Ross S ^b   Braunisch, Veronika ^c,d   Bollmann, Kurt ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Forest Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Bonasa bonasia; Habitat model; Mountain forest; Remote sensing; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BONASA BONASIA;

EID: 84892519566     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0600-7     Document Type: Article

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