Characterising mountain forest structure using landscape metrics on LIDAR-based canopy surface models

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 0, Issue 9783540770572, 2008, Pages 625-643

  Maier, B ^a   Tiede, D ^b   Dorren, L ^c  

^a Stand Montafon Forstfonds   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gap analysis; Landscape ecology indices; Laser scanning; Protection forest; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HAZARDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR;

GAP ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LASER SCANNING; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); MULTI-LAYERED STANDS; PROTECTION FORESTS; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84979506476     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77058-9_34     Document Type: Article

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