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International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 23, 2002 - Issue 11
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Quantitative assessment of vegetation structural attributes from aerial photography

R. J. Fensham
,
R. J. Fairfax
,
J. E. Holman
&
P. J. Whitehead
Pages 2293-2317 | Published online: 25 Nov 2010

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