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dc.contributor.authorKinyanjui, Mwangi James
dc.contributor.authorKigomo, Ngugi John
dc.contributor.authorKamau, Miriam Wambui
dc.contributor.authorNderitu, Joel Kariuki
dc.contributor.authorNyanjui, Charles
dc.contributor.authorNganga, John Macharia
dc.contributor.authorOjijo, William Odidi
dc.contributor.authorAshiono, Fredrick
dc.contributor.authorOwate, Augustine Omamo
dc.contributor.authorNdirangu, Monicah Katumbi
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T09:11:06Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T09:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationOpen Journal of Forestry , 2015, 5, 80-89en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2250
dc.descriptiondoi.org/10.4236/ojf.2015.51009en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to use LiDAR data to research tree heights in montane forest blocks of Kenya. It uses a completely randomised block design to asses if differences exist in forest heights: 1) among montane forest blocks, 2) among Agro ecological zones (AEZ) within each forest block and 3) between similar AEZ in different forest blocks. Forest height data from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICE- SAT) for the period 2003-2009 was used for 2146 circular plots, of 0.2 - 0.25 ha in size. Results indicate that, tree height is largely influenced by Agro ecological conditions and the wetter zones have taller trees in the upper, middle and lower highlands. In the upper highland zones of limited human activity, tree heights did not vary among forest blocks. Variations in height among forest blocks and within forest blocks were exaggerated in regions of active human intervention.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishingen_US
dc.subjectMontane Forestsen_US
dc.subjectTree Heighten_US
dc.subjectAgro Ecological Zonesen_US
dc.titleComparing Tree Heights among Montane Forest Blocks of Kenya Using LiDAR Data from GLASen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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