Reflecting conifer phenology using mobile terrestrial LiDAR: A case study of Pinus sylvestris growing under the Mediterranean climate in Perth, Australia

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Lin, Yi ^a   West, Geoff ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conifer; Mediterranean climate; Mobile terrestrial laser scanning (MLS); Phenological indicator; Seasonal scale phenological variation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CONIFER; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONAL CLIMATE CHANGE; SEASONAL SCALE; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; TERRESTRIAL LIDARS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LIDAR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PERTH [ONTARIO]; SPAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84974694646     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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