Systematization of forest management methods based on the information of individual trees

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24580225
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Kyoto Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA kazuhiro 京都府立大学, 生命環境科学研究科(系), 教授 (70155117)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YASUSHI Minowa 京都府立大学, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 講師 (80285246) ; KEIKO Nagashima 京都府立大学, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 助教 (40582987) ; MASAHIDE Kobayashi 京都府立大学, 大学院生命環境科学研究科, 共同研究員 (10468259)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 森林管理 / ＬｉＤＡＲ / ＧＩＳ / オルソフォト / リモートセンシング / 単木 / 樹冠 / ナラ枯れ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the spread of airborne laser profiler technology called LiDAR(Light Detection and Ranging), the method of forest management is drastically changing, because by analyzing the LiDAR data, it is possible to measure the height and crown size of trees in the forest of advanced age. In traditional forest management, the unit of management is forest stand and dbh is the fundamental information of forest survey. In this study, however, we proposed new forest management methods in which the unit of forest management is individual trees and tree height plays central role as the fundamental information of forest survey. In addition, we made challenge to the systematization of forest management methods which combine the traditional methods and new methods. We also improved the methods of data acquisition about individual trees from the LiDAR data and satellite remote sensing data.

Free Research Field

森林計画学