Large-scale prediction of aboveground biomass in heterogeneous mountain forests by means of airborne laser scanning

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1138-1144

  Maltamo, Matti ^a   Bollandsas O M ^b   Gobakken, T ^b   Naesset E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climatic variation; Elevation; Forest biomass; LiDAR; Montane forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING; CLIMATIC VARIATION; ELEVATION; FOREST BIOMASS; LARGE-SCALE PREDICTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MONTANE FORESTS; TREE SPECIES INFORMATION;

FORECASTING;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; FOREST INVENTORY; HETEROGENEITY; LASER METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIDAR; MONTANE FOREST; PHYTOMASS; PREDICTION; TRANSECT;

NORWAY;

PICEA;

EID: 84985946910     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0086     Document Type: Article

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