Non-destructive estimation of above-ground surface and near-surface biomass using 3D terrestrial remote sensing techniques

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1607-1616

  Wallace, Luke ^a,b   Hillman, Samuel ^a,c   Reinke, Karin ^a,b   Hally, Bryan ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE AND NATURAL HAZARDS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomass; image based point clouds; LiDAR; photogrammetry; remote sensing; terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017399821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12759     Document Type: Article

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