Concepts
12 concepts
basal area
stand structure
The horizontal and vertical distribution of components of a forest stand including the height, diameter, crown layers, and stems of trees, shrubs, herbaceous understory, snags, and down woody debris
allometric relationships
Mathematical relationships that describe how tree dimensions and biomass scale with each other
epidemic dynamics
The temporal progression and patterns of disease spread through host populations
individual tree detection
Automated algorithms for identifying and delineating individual trees from LiDAR point cloud data
boreal greening
Projected increase in high-latitude forest growth due to warming temperatures
climate zonation
Spatial classification of areas based on climatic characteristics and water balance parameters
equivolumetric diameter
generalized additive mixed model
Statistical modeling approach that allows for nonlinear relationships using smooth functions while accounting for random effects structure
structure from motion photogrammetry
Technique using overlapping images from different perspectives to construct 3D models of forest structure