Fine-scale characterization of bird habitat using airborne LiDAR in an urban park in Japan

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-22

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Imanishi, Junichi ^b   Fukui, Wataru ^c   Morimoto, Yukihiro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ukyo ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Avian diversity; Forest vertical structure; Habitat modeling; Remote sensing; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD WEB; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LIDAR; PASSERINE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

EUROPE; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PARIDAE;

EID: 84963642376     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.03.007     Document Type: Article

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