Mapping forests with Lidar provides flexible, accurate data with many uses

California Agriculture

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-20

  Kelly, Maggi ^a   Di Tommaso, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928946784     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v069n01p14     Document Type: Review

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