Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to Quantify Spatial Gap Patterns in Forests

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to Quantify Spatial Gap Patterns in Forests

Gap distributions in forests reflect the spatial impact of man-made tree harvesting or naturally-induced patterns of tree death being caused by windthrow, inter-tree competition, disease or senescence. Gap sizes can vary from large (>100 m2) to small (<10 m2), and they may have contra...

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Main Authors: Stephan Getzin, Robert S. Nuske, Kerstin Wiegand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
autonomous flying
biodiversity
canopy gaps
drone
polygon-based pair correlation function
remotely piloted vehicles
RPV
unmanned aircraft systems
UAS
UAV
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/8/6988

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