Assessing understory development in forest plantations using laser imaging detection and ranging (LiDAR)

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-442

  Hernández, Jaime ^a   Acuña, M Paz ^a   Corvalán, Patricio ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Forestry plantations; Kriging; LiDAR; Pinus radiata; Understory height

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895114956     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2013000400005     Document Type: Article

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