Response of LAI-2000 estimates to changes in plant surface area index in a Scots pine stand

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-349

  Smolander, Heikki ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Foliage clumping factor; Leaf area index; Pinus sylvestris; Specific needle area; STAR

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0030019433     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.3.345     Document Type: Article

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