Fine-scale replication and quantitative assessment of forest vertical structure using LiDAR for forest avian habitat characterization

Forest Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Imanishi, Junichi ^a   Fukui, Wataru ^b   Tokunaga, Fukiko ^b   Morimoto, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Avian habitat; Foliage height diversity; Linear relationship; Point density; Vertical foliage distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963652190     PISSN: 21580103     EISSN: 21580715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2012.704969     Document Type: Article

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