Modelling vegetation understory cover using LiDAR metrics.

Forest understory vegetation is an important characteristic of the forest. Predicting and mapping understory is a critical need for forest management and conservation planning, but it has proved difficult with available methods to date. LiDAR has the potential to generate remotely sensed forest unde...

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Main Authors: Lisa A Venier, Tom Swystun, Marc J Mazerolle, David P Kreutzweiser, Kerrie L Wainio-Keizer, Ken A McIlwrick, Murray E Woods, Xianli Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220096