Inventory of standing dead trees in the surroundings of communication routes – The contribution of remote sensing to potential risk assessments

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 402, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-91

  Stereńczak, Krzysztof ^a   Kraszewski, Bartłomiej ^a   Mielcarek, Miłosz ^a   Piasecka, Żaneta ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bia owie a Forest; Classification; Single tree detection; Spruce bark beetle

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATION ROUTE; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DEAD STANDING TREES; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; SPRUCE BARK BEETLES; STANDING DEAD TREES; TREE DETECTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BEETLE; COMMUNICATION; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

COMMUNICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MORTALITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 85026811982     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.07.018     Document Type: Article

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