Airborne LiDAR derived canopy height model reveals a significant difference in radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) heights based on slope and aspect of sites

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 733-744

  Saremi, Hanieh ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Turner, Russell ^b   Stone, Christine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Remote Census Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS derived models; Aspect slope classes; Height variation; Pine forests; Topography

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; PRODUCTIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; ASPECT-SLOPE CLASSES; HEIGHT VARIATION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PINE FOREST; TREE-HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTS; PINUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADAR;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84900855936     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-014-0985-2     Document Type: Article

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