Crown-fibre attribute relationships for enhanced forest inventory: Progress and prospects

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 266-279

  Groot, Arthur ^a   Cortini, Francesco ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Wood Fibre Centre; Crown fibre attribute relationships; DBH; LiDAR; Maximum branch diameter; Ring area; Sapwood area; Tree crown; Wood density

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BRANCH DIAMETER; CROWN-FIBRE ATTRIBUTE RELATIONSHIPS; SAPWOOD AREA; TREE CROWNS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD FIBRE;

FIBERS;

BIOMECHANICS; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DATA SET; FOREST INVENTORY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPACING; THINNING; TREE RING; WOOD QUALITY;

SAP WOOD; TREES; WOOD DENSITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84940514423     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2015-048     Document Type: Article

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