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T1  - Classification of Needle Loss of Individual Scots Pine Trees by Means of Airborne Laser Scanning 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/159627 
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A1  - Kantola, Tuula; Vastaranta, Mikko; Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa, Päivi; Holopainen, Markus; Kankare, Ville; Talvitie, Mervi; Hyyppä, Juha 
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Y1  - 2013 
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AB  - Forest disturbances caused by pest insects are threatening ecosystem stability, sustainable forest management and economic return in boreal forests. Climate change and increased extreme weather patterns can magnify the intensity of forest disturbances, particularly at higher latitudes. Due to rapid responses to elevating temperatures, forest insect pests can flexibly change their survival, dispersal and geographic distributions. The outbreak pattern of forest pests in Finland has evidently chang... 
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KW  - 4112 Forestry; ALS; Defoliation; Diprion pini; Forest disturbances; Effect of pulse density; LiDAR; Random Forest 
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