Canopy structure measurement by gap fraction analysis using commercial instrumentation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 302, 1996, Pages 1335-1342

  Welles, Jon M ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^b  

^a LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

AccuPAR; Ceptometer; CI 100; DEMON; gap fraction; hemispherical photography; LAI 2000; Leaf area index; sunflecks; SunLink; SunScan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030452154     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.9.1335     Document Type: Article

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