LiDAR as a tool for remote sensing of moose (Alces alces) forage biomass

• Main Author: Ruud, Hans-Petter
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2013
• Subjects: Moose; LiDAR; Forage biomass; Remote sensing; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914; Beite; Norway; Vestfold; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/187015

Moose (Alces alces) play an ecological keystone role in the boreal forest ecosystem and increasingly so during the last decades due to the large population increase. The growing moose population has a large impact on forage plant species, including commercially important tree species. Conversely, th...