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To this end, three methods were evaluated and compared with LiDAR measurements to determine their accuracy: Vertical Crown Projected Area method (VCPA), Ellipsoid Volume method (VE) and Tree Silhouette Volume method (VTS). Trials were performed in three different kinds of olive tree plantations: intensive, adapted one-trunked traditional and traditional. In total, 55 trees were characterized. Results show that all three methods are appropriate to estimate the crown volume, reaching high coefficients of determination: R2 = 0.783, 0.843 and 0.824 for VCPA, VE and VTS, respectively. However, discrepancies arise when evaluating tree plantations separately, especially for traditional trees. Here, correlations between LiDAR volume and other parameters showed that the Mean Vector calculated for VCPA method showed the highest correlation for traditional trees, thus its use in traditional plantations is highly recommended.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s150203671","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,4]],"date-time":"2015-02-04T08:25:00Z","timestamp":1423038300000},"page":"3671-3687","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["Towards an Optimized Method of Olive Tree Crown Volume Measurement"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Antonio","family":"Miranda-Fuentes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba,  14005 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4625-1860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jordi","family":"Llorens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba,  14005 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Gamarra-Diezma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba,  14005 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jes\u00fas","family":"Gil-Ribes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dpto. de Ingenier\u00eda Rural, \u00c1rea de Mecanizaci\u00f3n y Tecnolog\u00eda Rural, Universidad de C\u00f3rdoba,  14005 C\u00f3rdoba, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3929-5649","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emilio","family":"Gil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agri Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, Esteve Terradas 8, Campus del Baix Llobregat D4, 08860 Castelledfels, Barcelona, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"European Parliament (2009). 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