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dc.contributor.authorMuir, Jasmineen
dc.contributor.authorPhinn, Stuarten
dc.contributor.authorEyre, Teresaen
dc.contributor.authorScarth, Peteren
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-27T22:23:58Z-
dc.date.available2019-03-27T22:23:58Z-
dc.date.issued2018-12-
dc.identifier.citationRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 4(4), p. 320-338en
dc.identifier.issn2056-3485en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26549-
dc.description.abstractTerrestrial laser scanning (TLS) can be used to characterize a woodland site by measuring structural attributes of the vegetation community. In Australia, government funded programs monitor vegetation structure using manual field surveys to assess change and ecological condition. In this study, we examined whether structural attributes commonly assessed in woodland ecology surveys can be extracted from a single TLS scan. Attributes of the ground, shrub and overstory vegetation layers were evaluated at nine open woodland sites in central Western Queensland. We used 0.1 m voxels to aggregate returns. Our results show that, compared with field assessment by highly experienced ecologists, TLS can rapidly characterize structural attributes for tree canopy cover, maximum tree height, average tree height (R² > 0.9) and average diameter at breast height (R² = 0.77). However, we could not accurately determine shrub height, shrub canopy cover, shrub average height, ground cover (grass, litter and coarse woody debris) or the number of trees per hectare (R² < 0.45). By analysing local minima in the histogram of the maximum height, we determined height thresholds for canopy strata, and applied these to determine the canopy layer with the most biomass – the ecologically dominant layer (EDL). While these results are promising for overstory assessment and defining canopy strata heights using TLS, they suggest that future research should focus on investigating improved classification methods to separate laser returns into shrub and tree objects for structural assessment at the plot scale.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservationen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleMeasuring plot scale woodland structure using terrestrial laser scanningen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/rse2.82en
dcterms.accessRightsGolden
dc.subject.keywordsEcological Applicationsen
local.contributor.firstnameJasmineen
local.contributor.firstnameStuarten
local.contributor.firstnameTeresaen
local.contributor.firstnamePeteren
local.subject.for2008050199 Ecological Applications not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversityen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Science and Technologyen
local.profile.emailjmuir6@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-chute-20180507-101127en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage320en
local.format.endpage338en
local.identifier.scopusid85058108804en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume4en
local.identifier.issue4en
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnameMuiren
local.contributor.lastnamePhinnen
local.contributor.lastnameEyreen
local.contributor.lastnameScarthen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:jmuir6en
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local.date.onlineversion2018-05-04-
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitleMeasuring plot scale woodland structure using terrestrial laser scanningen
local.relation.fundingsourcenoteMitchell and Districts Landcare Association (MDLA), Queensland Government and Australian Government Biodiversity Funden
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorMuir, Jasmineen
local.search.authorPhinn, Stuarten
local.search.authorEyre, Teresaen
local.search.authorScarth, Peteren
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local.identifier.wosid000452768000003en
local.year.available2018en
local.year.published2018en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/ff64586f-f72a-4638-8e76-24811dea7db2en
local.subject.for2020410304 Environmental biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)en
local.subject.seo2020180606 Terrestrial biodiversityen
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