Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management

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Is it possible to detect rot in trees with remotely sensed data?

Is it possible to detect rot in trees with remotely sensed data?

In his PhD, Benjamin Allen has tested the utility of remotely sensed data for detecting root, butt and stem rot in Norway spruce. His results yielded moderate accuracies, and more work needs to be done before it can be implemented in operational forestry.