Applications of airborne lidar for the assessment of animal species diversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 719-729

  Simonson, William D ^a   Allen, Harriet D ^a   Coomes, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Foliage height diversity; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat structure; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906058583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12219     Document Type: Review

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