Lidar remote sensing of structural properties of subtropical rainforest and eucalypt forest in complex terrain in north-eastern Australia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-408

  Ediriweera, S ^a,c   Pathirana, S ^a   Danaher, T ^b   Nichols, D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Hilly terrain; Horizontal and vertical structural diversity; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FOLIAGE PROJECTIVE COVERS; FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS; HILLY TERRAINS; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; RADAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS;

EID: 84904624849     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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