Structural diversity indices based on airborne LiDAR as ecological indicators for managing highly dynamic landscapes

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-279

  Listopad, Claudia M C S ^a,d   Masters, Ronald E ^b   Drake, Jason ^c   Weishampel, John ^a   Branquinho, Cristina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological indicator; Fire regime; LiDAR remote sensing; Pine grassland; Shannon height diversity index; Structural biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FIRE REGIMES; LIDAR REMOTE SENSING; PINE-GRASSLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FIRE HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES EVENNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATORS; REMOTE SENSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929994353     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.04.017     Document Type: Article

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