Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6544619 | Forest Ecology and Management | 2012 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We modeled leaf area index for intensively managed pine plantations using lidar data. ⺠We used 109 plots under different stand conditions (age, nutrition, density, etc.). ⺠A new distributional metric calculated from the mode of lidar returns was developed. ⺠Other important metrics were LPI, mean intensity, mean and 20th percentile of returns. ⺠Best models R2 values ranged from 0.61 to 0.83 (with 2-6 lidar-derived variables).
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Authors
Alicia Peduzzi, Randolph H. Wynne, Thomas R. Fox, Ross F. Nelson, Valerie A. Thomas,