Detecting pruning of individual stems using airborne laser scanning data captured from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-85

  Wallace, Luke ^a   Watson, Christopher ^a   Lucieer, Arko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change detection; Forest management; Laser scanning; Pruning; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRUNING; STEM; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 84897516269     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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