השוואת שיטות

	מדידת גובה עצים	כיסוי חופת עצים (Canopy Cover)
תחום	ייעור	ייעור
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1950s–2000s	2000s
הוגה השיטה	Bitterlich and classical forestry mensuration	Jennings, Brown, Sheil, and colleagues
סוג	Measurement pipeline	Measurement and estimation pipeline
מקור מכונן	Bitterlich, W. (1984). The Relascope Idea: Relative Measurements in Forestry. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux.	Jennings, S. B., Brown, N. D., & Sheil, D. (2000). Assessing Forest Canopies and Understorey Illumination: Methods and Applications. Forest Ecology and Management, 129(1-3), 219–243.
כינויים	Dendrometric height, Tree elevation measurement, Stand height determination	Canopy closure measurement, Crown cover estimation, Overstory density assessment
קשורות	4	4
תקציר	Tree height measurement—determining the vertical distance from ground to tree top—is a cornerstone of forest inventory and biomass estimation. Ranging from classical optical instruments (clinometer, Abney level) to modern laser hypsometers and airborne LiDAR, tree height quantification enables calculation of volume, biomass, site index (productivity), and forest structural characterization essential for management, research, and carbon accounting.	Canopy cover, or canopy closure, is the proportion of ground area covered by tree crowns when viewed from above, typically expressed as a percentage. Formalized by Jennings and colleagues in pioneering work on tropical forest structure, canopy cover estimation employs multiple methods—from field-based ocular assessment to sophisticated remote sensing and terrestrial LiDAR—providing essential data on forest structure, light availability, and habitat characteristics relevant to ecology, silviculture, and climate research.