The potential for automating assisted natural regeneration of tropical forest ecosystems

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 825-833

  Elliott, Stephen ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

aerial seeding; ANR; assisted natural regeneration; drones; forest restoration; hyperspectral imaging; imaging technologies; lidar; weed control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995878884     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12387     Document Type: Note

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