Investigating three-dimensional mesoscale habitat complexity and its ecological implications using low-cost RGB-D sensor technology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 845-853

  Kamal, Shafagh ^a   Lee, Shing Yip ^a   Warnken, Jan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fractals; Kinect; mangroves; RGB D sensors; three dimensional habitat complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962498735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12210     Document Type: Article

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