Abstract

Identification of bamboo growing area and the stock estimation is of great significance in forest resource planning. The area estimation of bamboo in the tropical forest system is very difficult, since the bamboo stocks are available in both moist deciduous and evergreen forests more or less uniformly. In the present study, remote sensing data in the form of large scale aerial photographs are mainly used for area estimation of bamboo stocks, supplemented by satellite data product like False Colour Composite. Wynad region of Kerala was selected and an attempt was made to prepare a stock map for bamboo using photostratification scheme