The adaptive geometry of boreal conifers

Community Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Walker, D J ^a   Kenkel, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anechoic surface; Canopy reflectance; Fractal; Landsat; Leaf area index; Primary productivity; Remote sensing; Tree architecture; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0004630764     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.1.2000.1.4     Document Type: Article

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