Ground based LiDAR demonstrates the legacy of management history to canopy structure and composition across a fragmented temperate woodland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 335, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-260

  McMahon, Sean M ^a   Bebber, Daniel P ^b   Butt, Nathalie ^c,f   Crockatt, Martha ^d,f   Kirby, Keith ^e   Parker, Geoffrey G ^a   Riutta, Terhi ^f   Slade, Eleanor M ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy structure; Forest fragments; Land use history; LiDAR; Secondary forest; Wytham Woods

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SECONDARY RECOVERY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CANOPY STRUCTURE; COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE; FOREST FRAGMENTS; LAND USE HISTORY; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SECONDARY FORESTS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RECOVERY PLAN; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

EID: 84908587225     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.039     Document Type: Article

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