Estimating forest characteristics in scanned aerial photographs with respect to requirements for economic forest management planning

Autor:	Peter Holmgren, Sören Holm, Tomas Thuresson
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Data source Variables Forest inventory business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Forestry Regression analysis Plot (graphics) Georeference Global Positioning System Environmental science business Forest management planning media_common
Zdroj:	Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 12:189-199
ISSN:	1651-1891 0282-7581
DOI:	10.1080/02827589709355400
Popis:	The objective of forest management planning is often expressed as maximum sustainable economic yield. Methods used to collect information for forestry planning should, therefore, include variables significant for economic evaluations of management alternatives. It is important to be able to differentiate mature stands with respect to timber volumes and species mixture. In this study, digital high‐altitude aerial photographs are tested as a data source for planning. Circular plot data from a forest estate in northern Sweden were used as reference material. Global positioning system (GPS) measurements, with differential correction, were used to georeference the plots. Harvesting priorities were calculated for each plot using the Forest Management Planning Package. Volumes, species mixture and harvest priorities were estimated using regression analysis based on textural and spectral information from aerial photographs. The results show that the dependent variables could be estimated fairly well using only sp...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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