This research project builds on current methods to identify species at the individual tree
level, using intensity only as a stand-level predictor and
for matching aerial imagery to laser scanner data.
Airborne laser scanning data is used to discriminate between Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and western larch (Larix occidentalis) in a mixed coniferous forest of western Montana, USA.
The research aims to: develop a methodology for identifying species of individual trees in mixed
conifer forests using laser intensity data and map the spatial
distribution of species at Lubrecht Experimental Forest within the constraints
of the identification methodology.
intensity only as a stand-level predictor and
for matching aerial imagery to laser scanner data.
Airborne laser scanning data is used to discriminate between Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and western larch (Larix occidentalis) in a mixed coniferous forest of western Montana, USA.