Estimating over- and understorey canopy density of temperate mixed stands by airborne LiDAR data

Forestry

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-81

  Latifi, Hooman ^a   Heurich, Marco ^b   Hartig, Florian ^c   Müller, Jörg ^b   Krzystek, Peter ^d   Jehl, Hans ^b   Dech, Stefan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LIDAR; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PROTECTED AREA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERSTORY; WILD POPULATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84960349777     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv032     Document Type: Article

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