On the importance of topography, site quality, stock quality and planting date in a semiarid plantation: Feasibility of using low-density LiDAR

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-38

  Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M ^a   Del Campo, Antonio D ^b   Ceacero, Carlos J ^c   Quero, José Luis ^a   Hermoso de Mena, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation, Planting date; Seedling stock; Spatial response, SADIE, LiDAR

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; REFORESTATION;

COMPOUND TOPOGRAPHIC INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PLANTING DATE; SEEDLING STOCK; SPATIAL RESPONSE; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CULTIVAR; DATE (TIME); FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GPS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; LIDAR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84899539919     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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