Assessing variability in post-fire forest structure along gradients of productivity in the Canadian boreal using multi-source remote sensing

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1294-1305

  Bolton, Douglas K ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Hermosilla, Txomin ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   White, Joanne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal forest structure; disturbance; forest regeneration; Landsat; lidar; MODIS; productivity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; LANDSAT; LIDAR; MODIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

CANADA;

EID: 85011072633     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12947     Document Type: Article

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