Sub-compartment variation in tree height, stem diameter and stocking in a Pinus radiata D. Don plantation examined using airborne LiDAR data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7592-7609

  Saremi, Hanieh ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a   Stone, Christine ^b   Melville, Gavin ^c   Turner, Russell ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Remote Census Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy Height Model (CHM); LiDAR; LiDAR derived metrics; Multivariate mixed linear models; Stocking rates

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; CANOPY HEIGHT MODELS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; OPERATIONAL PLANNING; SILVICULTURAL THINNING; STOCKING RATES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84997712028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6087592     Document Type: Article

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