Estimation of big sagebrush leaf area index with terrestrial laser scanning

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 815-821

  Olsoy, Peter J ^a,e   Mitchell, Jessica J ^b   Levia, Delphis F ^c   Clark, Patrick E ^d   Glenn, Nancy F ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Convex hull volume; Ground based LiDAR; Leaf area index; Terrestrial laser scanning; Voxel volume

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SCANNING; SEEBECK EFFECT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CONVEX HULL; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; LEAF AREA INDEX; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VOXEL VOLUME;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CANOPY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LASER METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84949670158     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.034     Document Type: Article

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