Effects of leaf aggregation in a broad-leaf canopy on estimates of leaf area index by the gap-fraction method

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-282

  Herbert, D A ^a,b   Fownes, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Leaf area index; LI COR LAI 2000; Metrosideros polymorpha; Montane tropical forest; Optical canopy measurement

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE; LEAF AGGREGATION; LEAT AREA INDEX;

METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYRTAEAE;

EID: 0030733166     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00068-6     Document Type: Article

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