[Forest-list] 2012-08-26 NRMI: This Issue - Software for Estimating Canopy Closure (Part 2) and Some Other Good Things.

Sun Aug 26 13:23:55 EEST 2012

*2012-08-26**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue - */Software for Estimating Canopy Closure (Part 2) /*and 
Some Other Good Things.

*/Software for Estimating Canopy Closure (Part 2) /*-- Early in July 
Aurélie C. Shapiro wrote, "A while ago someone told me about a free, 
simple software program (perhaps called CAN) that can estimate canopy 
closure from digital photos: hemispherical as well as normal photos. 
Anyone know what I am talking about?" Here are some sites that may be of 
interest. If you know of others, please contact Aurélie at 
aurelie.shapiro at wwf.de <mailto:aurelie.shapiro at wwf.de>__

Pekin, B; Macfarlane, Craig. 2009. *Measurement of Crown Cover and Leaf 
Area Index Using Digital Cover Photography and Its Application to Remote 
Sensing.* Remote Sens. 1, 1298-1320. 
http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/1/4/1298/pdf

Pleus, A.E.; Schuett-Hames, D. 1998*. TFW monitoring program methods 
manual for the reference point survey*. Washington State Dept. Natural 
Resources. TFW-AM9-98-002.90 p. 
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/fp_tfw_am9_98_002.pdf

Rawlins, K.A., et al. 2011. *EDDMapS: Invasive Plant Mapping Handbook.* 
The University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem 
Health, Tifton GA. BW-2011-02. 32 p. 
http://www.eddmaps.org/training/EDDmapS.pdf

Teti, P.A.; Pike, R.G. 2005. *Selecting and testing an instrument for 
surveying stream shade.* BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 
6(2):1--16. URL: www.forrex.org/jem/2005/vol6/no2/vol6_no2_art1.pdf 
<http://www.forrex.org/jem/2005/vol6/no2/vol6_no2_art1.pdf>

Walter, Jean-Michel. 2009.*lCIMES-Fisheye - Hemispherical photography of 
forest canopies. *http://jmnw.free.fr/. From Molinier Matthieu, Applied 
GIS RS List.

*WinSCANOPY*http://www.regent.qc.ca/products/Scanopy/WinSCANOPYMoreFeatures.html

Zhao, F., et al. 2011*. Measuring effective leaf area index, foliage 
profile, and stand height in New England forest stands using a 
full-waveform ground-based LIDAR. *Remote Sensing of Environment (2011). 
http://www-modis.bu.edu/lidar/publication/2011_Zhao_etal.pdf

Zhao, Feng. 2011. *Measuring the leaf area index and foliage profile of 
forest canopies using a ground-based lidar instrument (Echidna(RTM))* 
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2011. 
http://udini.proquest.com/view/measuring-the-leaf-area-index-and-pqid:2328661751/__

Zhao, Kaiguang; Popescu, Sorin. 2009. *Lidar-based mapping of leaf area 
index and its use for validating GLOBCARBON satellite LAI product in a 
temperate forest of the southern USA.* Remote Sensing of Environment 113 
(2009) 1628--1645. 
http://ssl.tamu.edu/media/14431/zhaopopescu%20rse%20lai%20august%202009.pdf

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Pinjarkar, Vijay. 2012. *Forest dept to geo-tag all plantations. *The 
Times of India.. 
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-28/nagpur/32906117_1_plantation-target-forest-land-forest-dept 

Rice, J.M., et al. 2012. *Spatio-temporal patterns of tree establishment 
are indicative of biotic interactions during early invasion of a montane 
meadow.* Plant Ecol. 213(4):555-568. 
http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/pubs/pdf/pub4710.pdf

Smith David. 2012. *South African schoolboy wows Google with Kruger 
wildlife-tracking website. *The Guardian. . 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/wildlife-tracker-south-africa

Tollefson, Jeff. 2012. *Carnegie advances carbon mapping in Colombia*. 
NewsBlog. 
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/07/carnegie-advances-carbon-mapping-in-colombia.html 

UPI. 2012. Study: *Disasters can improve forest health.* UPI Science 
News. 
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/08/07/Study-Disasters-can-improve-forest-health/UPI-61351344364966/ 

Vinter, Phil. 2012. *The changing face of Earth: dramatic 
high-resolution satellite images show how the world has been transformed 
over the last four decades. 
*MailOnLine**http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2177202/The-changing-face-Earth-Dramatic-high-resolution-satellite-images-world-changed-decades.html 

Webber, B.L.; Scott, J.K. 2012. *Rapid global change: implications for 
defining natives and aliens.* Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 21(3):305-311. 
Abstract. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00684.x/abstract 

Wold, E.N., et al. 2011. *Restoration of agricultural fields to diverse 
wet prairie plant communities in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.* 
Northwest Sci. 85(2):269-287. 
http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.3955/046.085.0215

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE -- PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
also 
http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm 
<http://botany.si.edu/puhttps:/www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm>, 
http://scholar.google.com/, and**Directory of open access journals. 
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

*CAN-EYE-*an imaging software(Windows) used to extract the canopy 
structure characteristics from true-color images (either acquired with a 
fish-eye or with a classic objective). 
https://www4.paca.inra.fr/can-eye/ . From Guillaume Drolet via Aurélie 
C. Shapiro, Applied GIS RS List.

*WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC*. -- See also: 
http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and 
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.

7-9 October 2012. *Southern Mensurationists SOMENS 2012.* Jacksonville, 
Florida, USA. Online registration is available at: 
www.westernforestry.org <http://www.westernforestry.org>. Authors may 
submit their abstracts to: richard at westernforestry.org 
<mailto:richard at westernforestry.org>

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_http://timresch.net/ejobs/index.htm _and Scholarship Listing 
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