Measuring plot scale woodland structure using terrestrial laser scanning

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 320-338

  Muir, Jasmine ^a,b,c   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Eyre, Teresa ^b   Scarth, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lidar; terrestrial laser scanning; vegetation condition; vegetation structure; woodland structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058108804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.82     Document Type: Article

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