Estimating Stand Volume and Above-Ground Biomass of Urban Forests Using LiDAR

Assessing forest stand conditions in urban and peri-urban areas is essential to support ecosystem service planning and management, as most of the ecosystem services provided are a consequence of forest stand characteristics. However, collecting data for assessing forest stand conditions is time cons...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Giannico, Raffaele Lafortezza, Ranjeet John, Giovanni Sanesi, Lucia Pesola, Jiquan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/4/339