Abstract: Abstract. The aim of this study was to evaluate the automatically determined parameters of tree crowns, which are then used in two-phase inventory method of growing stock. Research was performed in forest stands of different age, located in the Stolowe Mountains National Park (south-western Poland) where the dominant species was Norway spruce (Picea abies L.). On the test area of approximately 500 hectares, 35 sample plots were measured. On LIDAR-based Crow Height Model (CHM), in the places corresponding to the position of 500 m2 circular groun...
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Topics: 
Forestry
Statistics
Remote sensing