Methods for estimating multivariate stand yields and errors using k-NN and aerial laser scanning

Forestry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-247

  Dash, Jonathan P ^a   Marshall, Hamish M ^b   Rawley, Brian ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b Interpine Forestry Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS;

EID: 84926631555     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpu054     Document Type: Article

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