Quantifying the spatial properties of forest canopy gaps using LiDAR imagery and GIS

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  International Journal of Remote Sensing

• Publication date

  2004-08-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/01431160310001657786
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