The use of shadows in high spatial resolution, remotely sensed, imagery to estimate the height of individual Eucalyptus trees on undulating land

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 467-476

  Verma, Niva Kiran ^a   Lamb, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

allometry; Eucalyptus; farm land; scattered trees; shadow; tree height

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946145290     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ15021     Document Type: Article

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