A holistic approach to determine tree structural complexity based on laser scanning data and fractal analysis

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 128-134

  Seidel, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

competition; complexity; fractal analysis; LiDAR; management; shape; structure; three dimensional; tree architecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034824283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3661     Document Type: Article

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