Classifying silvicultural systems (coppices vs. high forests) in mediterranean oak forests by airborne laser scanning data

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 437-460

  Bottalico, Francesca ^a   Travaglini, Davide ^a   Chirici, Gherardo ^b   Marchetti, Marco ^b   Marchi, Enrico ^a   Nocentini, Susanna ^a   Corona, Piermaria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c Forestry Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; Canopy height model; Classification; Image segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LASER APPLICATIONS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST CLASSIFICATION; FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; HIGH FORESTS; MEDITERRANEAN OAK; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEM;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AIRBORNE SENSING; COPPICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND CLASSIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SILVICULTURE;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84903513974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5721/EuJRS20144725     Document Type: Article

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